OP-ED

Mykhailo Zhernakov: The only way to improve Ukraine’s courts

Published May 15, 2018. Updated May 15 at 4:49 pm

An activist dressed as a monster judge stands in front of the Supreme Court on Sept. 13. He and other protesters demonstrated against the High Qualification Commission’s decision to nominate 30 Supreme Court judges deemed as corrupt or dishonest by the Public Integrity Council, a civil-society watchdog. President Petro Poroshenko has already appointed 27 of them.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

No state can function without justice, and Ukraine is no exception.

For years, corruption and the absence of justice, together with Russian military aggression, have held back the country.

After four years of struggle and numerous pieces of legislation, there has been little progress.