On Feb. 24, 2020, the European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) declined Ukraine’s appeal in the case of five Ukrainian ex-officials who protested the lustration law. Consequently, Ukraine will have to pay compensation to the five, as their rights were violated. The Minister of Justice Denys Maluska commented that the decision did not recognize lustration as illegitimate in its entirety, only in applied excessively. Nevertheless, the practice of allowing a member from the old guard to return to the governmental positions in Ukraine, cannot be prevented.
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(FILES) Pictured on Dec. 3, 2013 in parliament, then-Prime Minister Mykola Azarov greets deputies of the majority after a vote for his resignation at the parliament in Kyiv on Dec. 3, 2013.
