INTEGRITY AS A NEWEST FACTOR IN ASSESSMENT OF CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF JUDGES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF UKRAINE

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УДК 342.5:34.08

ORCID: 0000-0003-4360-0287

DOI 10.37566/2707-6849-2025-1(50)-2

Vitalii MAKHINCHUK,

Doctor of legal sciences, professor, Deputy Director of the The Academician F.H. Burchak Scientific Research Institute of Private Law and Entrepreneurship of National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine

INTEGRITY AS A NEWEST FACTOR IN ASSESSMENT OF CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF JUDGES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF UKRAINE

The term «integrity» has been used in Ukrainian legal doctrine since 2006. The latter has undergone significant transformations in Ukrainian legislation over the nearly 20 years of its existence; it has evolved from a certain slogan in the work of state bodies and their activities to a principle and requirement for relevant candidates for the judiciary. The concept of «integrity» has gained special attention in the context of the fight against corruption in Ukraine, in particular, the requirement of integrity appeared in the Constitution of Ukraine (Article 127) in 2016. Today, the principle of integrity is becoming more and more widespread in Ukrainian legislation, and the author devotes this article to the problematic aspects that have arisen as a result of the assessment of the respective candidates for the position of a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine through the prism of the latter's integrity analysis. The author focuses on such key concepts of integrity as its components, analyzing each of them in detail. The article also reveals the problematic issues related to determining the circle of close relatives who may be the objects of research when studying a candidate's candidacy. The author pays special attention to the issue of the temporal limits of conducting and implementing the integrity assessment of a particular candidate for the position of a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. The author emphasizes the need to take into account the relevant realities of social life when assessing candidates, taking into account the peculiarities caused by national, historical, religious and other characteristics.

Key words: integrity, academic integrity, close relatives, corruption, ethical standards, components of integrity assessment.

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