Ukraine

A bill put before the Verkhovna Rada

The President, the people's deputies and the Cabinet of Ministers; citizens do not hold the right themselves; no number of signatures is required

The bill is put before the Verkhovna Rada; a bill the President marks as urgent is considered out of turn.

Source: Art. 93, Constitution of Ukraine (the Constitutional Court of Ukraine's copy)

A bill amending the Constitution

The President, or at least one third of the constitutional membership of the Verkhovna Rada; citizens do not hold the right themselves; no number of signatures is required

• Adopted when the Rada first approves it by a majority of its constitutional membership and then, at its next regular session, by at least two thirds (Art. 155)
• Sections I, III and XIII: put forward by the President or two thirds of the Rada, adopted by two thirds and approved by an all-Ukrainian referendum (Art. 156)

The Verkhovna Rada decides under Articles 155 and 156.

No amendment that abolishes or restricts human and civil rights and freedoms or aims at ending Ukraine's independence or violating its territorial integrity; and none under martial law or a state of emergency (Art. 157)

Source: Art. 154 to 157, Constitution of Ukraine (the Constitutional Court of Ukraine's copy)

An all-Ukrainian referendum at the people's initiative

3,000,000 signatures from citizens of Ukraine with the right to vote

• Signatures gathered in at least two thirds of the oblasts, at least 100,000 in each

An all-Ukrainian referendum is proclaimed at the people's initiative.

No referendum on bills about taxes, the budget or amnesty (Art. 74)

Source: Art. 72 and 74, Constitution of Ukraine (the Constitutional Court of Ukraine's copy)