The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted the ‘Amnesty’ Law.

On Friday, 12 December, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the ‘Amnesty’ Law.

As reported by an UNIAN correspondent, 393 People’s Deputies out of the 441 registered in the session hall voted ‘for’ the motion.

The law defines the legal foundations for the release of persons from criminal liability and the serving of criminal sentences through amnesty, as well as the mechanism for interaction between the penal service and state and local government bodies.

The law provides for declaring an amnesty and extending its effect primarily to those categories of convicts who are most socially unprotected and vulnerable: minors and women, as well as men who have children under the age of 16 or children with disabilities, persons with group I, II, and III disabilities, and those suffering from tuberculosis or oncological diseases.

As a result of the application of the amnesty, in accordance with the provisions of this law, it is expected that more than 3,000 people from these categories will be released from places of deprivation and restriction of liberty.