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On ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Citizens and the Legal Regime on the Temporarily Occupied Territory of Ukraine - Ukraine - Russia and the Republics Legal Materials - Second Series
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Preview Page Ukraine, in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine, is a sovereign and independent State. The sovereignty of Ukraine extends to all of its territory, which within the limits of the existing boundary is integral and inviolable. The sojourn on the territory of Ukraine of subdivisions of armed forces of other States in violation of the procedure determined by the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, 1907 Hague conventions, IV 1949 Geneva Convention, and also contrary to the Memorandum on Guarantees of Security in Connection with the Accession of Ukraine to the 1994 Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the 1997 Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, and other international legal acts is an occupation of part of the territory of the sovereign State of Ukraine and an internationally wrongful act with all the consequences provided for by international law.
The defense and fully-fledged realization of national-cultural, social, and political rights of citizens of Ukraine, including native peoples and national minorities, is the basis of the humanitarian, social, and economic policy of the State of Ukraine with respect to the population of the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.
Article 1. Legal Status of Temporarily Occupied Territory of Ukraine
1. The temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine (hereinafter – temporarily occupied territory) is an inalienable part of the territory of Ukraine to which the operation of the Constitution and laws of Ukraine extend.
William E. Butler, Emeritus Professor of Comparative Law in the University of London, attached to University College London, is the John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law at the Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University, and Founder and Director of The Vinogradoff Institute.
An authority on the legal systems of Russia and former Soviet nations, he is the author, co-author, editor or translator of more than 3,500 books and articles on Russian, Soviet, Kazakhstan, Ukrainian, Uzbekistan, and other Commonwealth of Independent States legal systems. He has acted as Counsel to the EBRD, European Union, World Bank, United Nations, and Department for International Development of the United Kingdom on individual law reform projects.
The recipient of numerous honors for his service to Russian and international law, Professor Butler is Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Associate of the International Academy of Comparative Law, and Member of the Russian Academy of Legal Sciences. He has been elected to his fourth term as a member of the Russian International Court of Commercial Arbitration. In 2003 Professor Butler was awarded the G. I. Tunkin Medal by the Russian International Law Association.
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