Ukraine must streamline the system of integrity checks for judges - OECD

Judges' integrity checks should be carried out on a holistic and orderly basis. This was stated by Eliana Koncevičiūtė, Head of Programs for Countries at the Division for Integrity and Anti-Corruption in Public Administration of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, reports UNN.

We advise to strengthen the integrity checks of judges and these checks should be carried out according to a very holistic and orderly methodology, as the grounds for conducting such checks are not always clear 

She also added that it is worth developing a system of judicial self-government and implementing legal education reforms.

We also believe that it is necessary to work on issues of judicial self-government, implement reforms in legal education, improve the system of disciplinary prosecution of judges, and also work on issues of conflict of interest and connect judges to channels from which information comes from whistleblowers 

She also stressed the need to work on the implementation of procedural rights.

... it is necessary to work on the practical implementation and procedural rights 

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Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration - Minister of Justice of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna reported that Ukraine has made progress on 21 indicators of roadmaps in the field of anti-corruption and the rule of law. The research will form the basis of roadmaps in the field of the rule of law and anti-corruption.