Anti-Corruption Transformation Processes in the Conditions of the Judicial Reform in Ukraine Implementation

This article analyses the anti-corruption transformative processes triggered by Ukraine’s judicial reform. The subject of the study is the determination of the critical aspects of the success of anti-corruption transformative measures conditioned by the anti-corruption reform in Ukraine. The objectives of the article are to determine the main anti-corruption challenges facing the Ukrainian judicial system and to characterise the main legislative countermeasures. The authors emphasise that a properly functioning system of courts supports the realisation of many development goals – by protecting human rights, resolving social conflicts, and implementing government policy. However, today the judiciary in Ukraine still needs to meet these principles. One of the crucial aspects of judicial reform in Ukraine is undoubtedly the overcoming of corruption, which significantly distorts the independence of judges and the principle of equality. The article is structured as follows: current challenges of the Ukrainian judiciary: corruption and judicial independence (1); the essence of the primary measures of judicial reform (2); the role of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in curbing anti-corruption measures of judicial reform (3) and the creation of the Higher Anti-Corruption Court as an anticorruption component of judicial reform. The authors formulated two critical factors for the success of judicial reform. The first factor is the presence of political will and coordinated cooperation between the President of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The second factor is the active participation of the public in initiating and controlling the implementation of reform measures.