The report was drafted as a part of overall evaluation of the JSRS and JSRSAP by Oksana Nesterenko and Andrii Biletskyi, national experts of EU Project Pravo-Justice. It relates to area of intervention «Increased Effectiveness in Combatting Corruption by Dedicated Capacities of Justice Sector».
The Report has been developed as a part of the overall JSRSAP evaluation exercise by Katilin Popov and Maja Grubisin in the capacity of international experts of EU Project Pravo-Justice and Andrii Avtorgov, a national expert to the same project. It is concerned with Area of Intervention Chapter 7 of the JSRSAP: ‘Improving Enforcement System’.
The general public has high expectations of those who serve as public officials and the way in which they should conduct themselves in undertaking their duties. One meets those expectations by ensuring conduct above reproach. Historically, the regulation of the legal profession in Europe laid in the hands of courts which controlled the right of self-employed judicial professionals (mainly notaries and lawyers) to practice. The ordinary courts have long since delegated large aspects of regulation to selfemployed legal professions themselves
A number of conclusions on PEO disciplinary liability can be drawn from the relevant information and the so far practice of the current Ukrainian Ministry of Justice (MOJ). It seems that the recent change of administration in that country, within certain political circles, has resulted in somewhat of a shift in the position towards self-employed judicial officers – private enforcement officers of Ukraine (PEOs). It appears that this currently pushed, but not yet wholly adopted PEO policy is based on the idea of safeguarding the monopoly position of the State Enforcement Service (SES), and reducing the significance of PEOs to a rather ornamental position within the Ukrainian judicial system.
A comparative analysis of the following videoconferencing systems has been carried out at the request of the Chairman of the Working Group of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Digitalisation of Justice and Related Legal Institutions in Ukraine. 1. Easycon – a system promoted by the State Enterprise “Judicial Services Centre” (hereinafter - SE “JSC” and SJA; 2. Zoom – a widely used videoconferencing system, both for personal and business use; 3. Skype Meet Now – a solution from Microsoft for remote teamwork; 4. Cisco Webex – a system for teamwork in the corporate sector.