The Chairman of the Supreme Court of the DPR, Andrei Kim, named the most significant events for the judicial system of the Republic, and also spoke about plans and tasks for the next year, the press service of the DPR Supreme Court reports in details.
“The outgoing year has become yet another stage in the development of the judicial system of the Donetsk People’s Republic and in the lives of all those involved in activities in this field today.
The results of the operation of the judicial system of the Donetsk People’s Republic in 2019 will be announced at the beginning of the upcoming year. And today I want to recall all the most important developments that happened over the past year.
First of all, there should be mentioned the launch of the work of the Appeals Chamber in February 2019 and the abolition of specialized courts through the inclusion of the Arbitration and Military Courts in the system of courts of general jurisdiction. These developments are related to the entry into force of the Law “On the Judicial System of the Donetsk People’s Republic” on January 1, 2019.
One cannot but mention another important development of the outgoing year — on September 16, 2019, in Lugansk there was signed an agreement on mutual cooperation and the exchange of legal information between the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Supreme Court of the Lugansk People’s Republic. This is another important step towards building a judicial system in both Republics. And, of course, one cannot ignore the fifth anniversary of the founding of the judicial system, which we celebrated on October 22, 2019 with guests from South Ossetia and the Lugansk People’s Republic. As you can see, this year was significant for the judicial system of our state and rich in events that are of great importance to us, including the introduction of the Civil Code, adopted by the People’s Council and signed by the Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic. It will enter into force on July 1, 2020. We look forward to the adoption of the Civil Procedure Code and the Arbitration Procedure Code, which are conceptually interconnected, as well as the Administrative Procedure Code. The adoption of procedural legislation is vital for our entire system because it will enable us not only to develop further, but also to overcome the difficulties in administering justice, caused by the fact that the courts, in the absence of their own procedural legislation, have to use the legislation of Ukraine to the extent that does not contradict the Constitution of the Donetsk People’s Republic, which negatively affects the stability of the legal system.
Also, as one of the prior vectors in our system’s work in 2019, we noted the implementation of measures to improve the general organization of the work of the courts and create appropriate conditions for the administration of justice and the realization of the right to judicial protection by the parties. These include round-table meetings with representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the State Service for Family and Children of the Donetsk People’s Republic, with representatives of the Ministry of the Interior of the Donetsk People’s Republic. At these meetings, there were were discussed and resolved problematic issues arising in the process of joint activities of the judicial system and the executive authorities I mentioned. We will continue to working towards enhancing the interaction of the judicial and executive branches of power, since this form of cooperation brings positive results, coordinating the work of structures on many issues and allowing to increase the efficiency of the courts, to positively influence the consideration of civil and criminal cases in the shortest terms. And this is of paramount importance to us,” Andrei Kim said.