“ Another independent (shadow) report was published in Kyiv on the implementation of certain criteria set by the European Union in chapters 23 and 24 of the opening negotiations. Source: the monitoring conclusions were presented by a coalition of public organizations headed by DEJURE, the correspondent of “European Pravda” reports. Details: The experts came to a conclusion that is close to the conclusion of the coalition that made a shadow report commissioned by the EU: a slowdown in reforms has been observed over the past year. At the same time, the coalition led by DEJURE claims that there is a serious threat of rollback of the reforms. “Despite some relative progress in the areas of justice, rule of law and human rights, since January 2025, numerous attempts to level the achievements of sectoral reforms have been systematically observed in Ukraine,” the report says. The executive director of DEJURE, Mykhailo Zhernakov, added that there are several areas where there is a threat to the already implemented reforms. “Unfortunately, we have not made much progress in judicial reform. In many places, there has been a halt, and in many places there has been a rollback, and a serious one at that,” he emphasized. “We quite successfully rebooted the VKKS and the VRP in 2022, but the first of them was attacked by the SBI in March, and according to the second, we have a draft law that attacks the mechanism of disciplinary procedures of the VRP,” the expert added. Other coalition members at the presentation will agree that comparing the current shadow report with the previous one, it is “hard to find progress” and the deterioration in the pace of reforms compared to 2024 is obvious. The report also acknowledges some progress in reforms that has taken place over the past year. “Despite the existing challenges, individual institutions created as part of Ukraine’s European integration process have begun to demonstrate tangible results. Disciplinary bodies have successfully dismissed a number of odious judges,” the document notes. For more on the findings of another shadow report on justice reforms, see the article “Judicial rollback? Which direction of reforms has become the worst”. We also invite you to read a detailed overview of the shadow report, as well as its significance for the EU, in the article “A year of stagnation, not reforms. A critical report of the European Commission awaits Ukraine.””, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: the conclusions of the monitoring were presented by a coalition of public organizations led by DEJURE, reports the correspondent of “European Pravda”
Details: The experts came to a conclusion that is close to the conclusion of the coalition that made a shadow report on the order of the EU: a slowdown of reforms has been observed over the past year. At the same time, the coalition led by DEJURE claims that there is a serious threat of rollback of the reforms.
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“Despite some relative progress in the areas of justice, rule of law and human rights, since January 2025, numerous attempts to level the achievements of sectoral reforms have been systematically observed in Ukraine,” the report says.
The executive director of DEJURE, Mykhailo Zhernakov, added that there are several areas where there is a threat to the already implemented reforms. “Unfortunately, we have not made much progress in judicial reform. In many places, there has been a halt, and in many places there has been a rollback, and a serious one at that,” he emphasized.
“We quite successfully rebooted the VKKS and the VRP in 2022, but the first of them was attacked by the SBI in March, and according to the second, we have a draft law that attacks the mechanism of disciplinary procedures of the VRP,” the expert added.
Other coalition members at the presentation will agree that comparing the current shadow report with the previous one, it is “hard to find progress” and the deterioration in the pace of reforms compared to 2024 is obvious.
The report also acknowledges some progress in reforms that has taken place over the past year.
“Despite the existing challenges, individual institutions created as part of Ukraine’s European integration process have begun to demonstrate tangible results. Disciplinary bodies have successfully dismissed a number of odious judges,” the document notes.
For more on the findings of another shadow report on justice reforms, see the article “Judicial rollback? Which direction of reforms has become the worst”.
We also invite you to read a detailed overview of the shadow report, as well as its significance for the EU, in the article “A year of stagnation, not reforms. A critical report of the European Commission awaits Ukraine.”