Recent outrageous decisions of Ukrainian courts prove Zelenskyy inherits limping judicial system
Justifying the corrupt actions of the Odesa mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov, allowing the runaway MP Renat Kuzmin to run…
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Court decision on Privatbank proves Ukraine’s judicial reform was failed. Here’s how to fix it
What happened with Privatbank Ihor Kolomoiskyi, one of the bank’s former owners, used it to pay large credits…
Five years after Euromaidan, 227 judges who persecuted activists keep their seats
On 20 February, family members of those protesters who died during the Revolution of Dignity (the “Heavenly Hundred”)…
Society guarding fairness of Ukraine’s Supreme Court: 78 new judges to be selected next months
The judicial reform launched in Ukraine in 2016 foresaw the creation of the new Supreme Court. In general,…
Saving Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Court: international experts filter candidates, facing roadblocks from old system
Ukraine made a huge step in the fight against corruption when it adopted the law on the creation…
David and Goliath of Ukraine’s judiciary: new civic society watchdog to face old problems with the system
During the last year, the difference between the views of civil society and representatives of the government, including…
Roman Maselko: My promise to slain Euromaidan activists is to bring bad judges to justice
Before the Euromaidan Revolution, lawyer Roman Maselko used to be the head of a department of one of…
The Court – Euromaidan Press documentary on the creation of the Anti-Corruption Court
The fight for its creation was not easy. President Petro Poroshenko, the author of Ukraine’s judicial reform, resisted…
Two years of judicial reform in Ukraine were faked, money wasted – civil society watchdog
The reform was initiated by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. After the Euromaidan revolution, a number of laws on…
Civil society growing tired: public watchdog withdraws from Ukraine’s “faked” judicial reform
Judicial reform has a special place in Ukraine. It was one of the most demanded changes since Ukraine’s…
Ukraine’s flawed judicial reform is stalling justice for slain Euromaidaners
It is now four years after the tragic culmination of the Euromaidan Revolution. During 18-21 February 2014, dozens…
Justice reform in Ukraine: One step forward, two steps back?
Kyiv has begun the new year with festivities, gatherings of whole families around the Christmas tree on Sofiiska…
De-facto acquittal for Euromaidan murder highlights everything that’s wrong with Ukrainian justice
It was February 2014. Anti-government protests had been going on in Kyiv’s central square, the Maidan, for three…
Why a Potemkin “competition” to the Constitutional Court may drag Ukraine back to Yanukovych’s times
The run-up to holidays in Ukraine is traditionally a time to make important decisions, and this New Year’s…
Ukrainian lawyer seeking justice for killed sister found dead
Iryna Nozdrovska, a lawyer who had on 27 December 2017 managed to prevent the release of the killer of…
Peter Wagner: The billions of funds for Ukraine not implemented for bureaucratic reasons
What should be done to fight corruption in Ukraine? During the bilateral EU-Ukraine Summit in June-July the EU…
Civic watchdog in Ukraine: we were used to legitimize dishonest Supreme Court appointments
On November 11, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made the final step to appoint 113 judges of Ukraine’s key…
Civil society sees EU as a safeguard for creating Anti-Corruption Court in Ukraine
Ukraine entered another stage of working on its judiciary reform – the creation of an Anti-Corruption Court, a…
Activists call on Poroshenko to “veto” Supreme Court judges with tainted reputations
As the reform of the key judicial institution in Ukraine, the new Supreme Court, draws closer to the…
Commission recommends tainted judges to Ukraine’s new Supreme court, ignoring disapproval of society
The process of forming the core judicial institution in Ukraine, the Supreme Court, is almost completed. The High…
