The Verkhovna Rada registered the Bill No. 13271-2, which provides for the limitation of the term of storage of information about persons held accountable for corruption. The document was initiated by the People's Deputy Vladlen Nesludov. The legislative initiative applies to the Unified State Register of Persons who have committed corruption or corruption related to an offense.
According to the text of the bill, it is proposed to store information:
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1 year-in case of administrative or civil liability;
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before the removal or repayment of criminal record - in the case of criminal liability;
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5 years-for legal entities that have received criminal sanctions.
After the expiration of the specified deadlines, the information should be automatically removed from the registry.
The author of the initiative emphasizes that the establishment of clear limits of storage of data is coordinated with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case "Sytnik v. Ukraine". Then the ECtHR concluded that indefinite stay in the Register violates the right to respect for private life and contradicts Article 8 of the Convention on Human Rights.
According to Vladlen Nesludov, the new rules will allow the balance between the fight against corruption and the observance of citizens' rights:
"This will make the anti -corruption system fairer without weakening the mechanisms of responsibility," the MP emphasizes.
The register of persons who have committed corruption offenses is one of the key tools in the anti -corruption control system. At the same time, as stated in the substantiation of the bill, excessive and indefinite preservation of information can turn into a tool for stigmatizing persons who have already suffered punishment under the law.
In case of adoption of this bill, the procedure for processing the data in the register will be updated, and the relevant technical changes should be provided by the NACC.
