Judiciary of Ukraine

The judicial system of Ukraine is outlined in the 1996 Constitution of Ukraine. Before this, there was no notion of judicial review nor any Supreme court since 1991's Ukrainian independence when it started being slowly restructured.

Although judicial independence exists in principle, there is little separation of juridical and political powers in practice. Judges are subjected to pressure from political and business interests. Ukraine's court system is widely regarded as corrupt.

Although there are still problems with the performance of the system, it is considered to have been much improved since the last judicial reform introduced in 2016.

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