politics
UOC files lawsuit challenging the legality of the creation of the State Service for Ethnic Policy. The latter stated the UOC's connection to Moscow and demanded its ban
Advocates of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) filed a lawsuit in Kyiv this week against the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. They intend to challenge the creation and operation of the State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience (Gosespolitiki, or GESS). The latter recognized the UOC as affiliated with Moscow, which led to its de facto ban.
TL;DR
- The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) has filed a lawsuit against the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
- The lawsuit challenges the creation and operation of the State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience (GESS).
- GESS recognized the UOC as affiliated with Moscow, which resulted in its de facto ban.
- The UOC seeks to have the resolutions establishing GESS declared unlawful and invalid, and to have the body liquidated.
- GESS conducted expert examinations that concluded the UOC was a structural unit of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- A Kyiv court previously invalidated a religious expert examination from 2023 concerning the UOC.