In response to the enquiry by the head of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the state power organization, local self-government, regional and urban development, the Council of Europe prepared a conclusion about the draft of the Law of Ukraine On the City of Kyiv – the Capital of Ukraine (#2143-3) of September, 25, 2020.

The document was compiled by the Centre of the Proper Governing Expertise of the Directorate General of Democracy – II of the Council of Europe within the programme «Decentralisation and Reform of the Local Self-Government in Ukraine».

The conclusion considers consistency of the bill text to the European Charter of Local Self-Government (hereinafter – the Charter), recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the best practices of other European countries. Although the conclusion does not contain a constitutional analysis, it draws attention to the need to make certain of the bill correspondence to the Constitution.