Brief overview of the law and enforcement regime
The Ukrainian anti-corruption legal framework consists of the
following major segments:
- the anti-corruption legislation
itself;
- provisions of the Code of Ukraine on
Administrative Offences (the "Administrative Offences
Code") and the Criminal Code of Ukraine (the
"Criminal Code") regulating
corruption-related administrative offences and crimes; and
- legal provisions establishing the
rules of conduct of Ukrainian governmental officials, including
officials representing Ukrainian legislative, administrative and
regulatory bodies (the
"Officials").
Starting from 26 April 2015, the main legislative act dealing
with combatting corruption in Ukraine is the Law of Ukraine No.
1700-VII "On Preventing Corruption" dated 14 October 2014
(the "Anti-Corruption Law"). The
Anti-Corruption Law:
