Transparency International Ukraine believes that all legislative hurdles for the creation and effective work of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) in Ukraine have been eliminated after the president signed the law introducing amendments to the law of Ukraine on the judicial system and the status of judges, TI Ukraine’s communications department has reported.
“On 2 August 2018 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed the Law “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine ‘On Judiciary and the Status of Judges’ in Connection with Passage of the Law of Ukraine ‘On the High Anti-Corruption Court.” With this step, all legislative hurdles for creation and effective work of the High Anti-Corruption Court have been eliminated. What is important, this document eliminates the shortcomings of the Law “On the High Anti-Corruption Court” pertaining to appeal review. All appeals on cases under the jurisdiction of the HACC will be reviewed only in the Anti-Corruption Court in the future – even those which are currently in general jurisdiction courts,” reads the statement.
