State Department notes significant reforms to combat corruption in Ukraine

State Department notes significant reforms to combat corruption in Ukraine

Kyiv  •  UNN

December 8 2023, 10:09 AM • 35509 views

The US State Department recognized Ukraine's significant anti-corruption reforms, including asset declarations for public officials and new judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court.

At the annual annual awards ceremony for anti-corruption activists at the State Department The U.S. Department of State recognized significant reforms on the path to overcoming corruption in Ukraine. This was was stated in the opening remarks of the Assistant Director of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Todd Robinson, Assistant Director of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, said in his opening remarks, UNN reports .

In Ukraine, INL is working closely with anti-corruption investigators and prosecutors, who have opened cases against more than 20 high-ranking public officials this year alone, including the former chief justice of the Supreme Court,

- the statement said.

Details

It is noted that since the summer, Ukraine has taken significant reform measures, including requiring government officials to declare their assets and the addition of judges to the High Anti-Corruption Court with judges.

To recap

On October 10, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a bill on on the restoration of electronic declaration with an amendment on open access (No. 9534).

The document is entitled "Proposals of the President of Ukraine to the Law on Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine on Determining the Procedure for Submitting Declarations of Persons authorized to perform the functions of the state or local self-government, under under martial law."

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