Today's agenda of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine sitting provides for considering the bills on amendments to the state budget, social assistance and pension insurance, ForUm correspondent reports.
Rada also plans to consider a bill to amend the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedural of Ukraine concerning the introduction to the national legislation of the provisions of Art. 19 of the UN Convention against Corruption, which allows prisoners to be treated abroad.
The text of the Article, in particular, states that each State Party shall consider adopting such legislative or other measures as may be necessary to establish as a criminal offense, when committed intentionally, the abuse of functions or position, that is, the performance of or failure to perform an, in violation of laws, by a public official in the discharge of his or her functions, for the purpose of obtaining an undue advantage for himself or herself or for another person or entity.
