Ensuring Constitutional Rights to Life, Health, and Environment

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This legislative initiative was an EU integration–related proposal, but it ultimately failed to pass consideration in the Verkhovna Rada.

The draft law aimed to introduce a series of important reforms, including the launch of a long-term and complex process of industrial modernization to reduce environmental pollution and to mitigate the impact of industrial discharges and emissions on the health of Ukrainian citizens. The initiative was also designed to fulfill one of the key requirements of the Ukraine Facility program in order to secure expected financial assistance for Ukraine amounting to several hundred million euros.

Draft law No. 6004-d was developed in cooperation with experts from the international technical assistance project “Best Available Techniques and Management Practices for Ukraine.” The project has been implemented by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection since 2019.

The draft law predictably faced resistance from the business community. During the vote, it fell short by just one vote: Members of the “European Solidarity” faction abstained, as did the “Batkivshchyna” faction, which has historically been criticized for obstructing consideration of environmental issues.

The NGO “Environment – People – Law” called on citizens to remember the recorded roll-call votes not only on draft law 6004-d but also on its referral for a second reading. The proposal to proceed received only 217 votes.

The Ukrainian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, which unites 140 organizations, issued a statement calling on MPs to publicly explain their positions to voters.

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