THE PROBLEM OF STATELESSNESS IN UKRAINE AND THE WAYS OF ADDRESSING IT
residence. The persons who underwent such kind of examination emphasized
that they were extremely humiliating. In particular, some police inspectors visited
come applicants’ neighbors and interviewed them about the behavior of the
applicants in front of the applicant’s families, including their children.
Another practical problem consists of frequent non-compliance with the deadlines
of processing of the applications for admission to citizenship of Ukraine specified
by the law11. This, at a minimum, may perpetuate a person’s statelessness and
deprives him/her of any opportunity of enjoying full spectrum of his/her rights
and freedoms in the specified period. Unfortunately, this list of problems is
selective and non-exhaustive, considering the scope of this review.
11 Presidential Decree No. 215/2001 “Issues concerning implementation of the Law of Ukraine “On Citizenship of Ukraine” of
05.06.2001. Available at http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/215/2001
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