Implementation of International Human Rights Norms in Ukrainian Legislation
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1996
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Antonovych, Myroslava
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Historically, Ukraine has had independence several times in its history and has time-honored democratic traditions. In the twelfth century, in the Ukrainian state of Kyivan Rus, Prince Yaroslav the Wise ordered all the rights written down in a code of laws known as the Ruska Pravda (The Rus Truth). This code illustrates that Ukrainian ancestors valued human honor, respected their elders, and punished thieves and murderers. Though there was no capital punishment, crimes were punishable with monetary fines, and the heaviest penalty was banishment (for horse theft and arson).
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Ukrainian legislation, human rights, The Declaration on State Sovereignty of Ukraine, article
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Antonovych M. Implementation of International Human Rights Norms in Ukrainian Legislation / Myroslava Antonovych // Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law. - 1996. - Vol. 3 (Fall). - p. 1-17.