УДК 347.97/.99; 341.171

ORCID: 0000-0002-5275-7836

ORCID: 0000-0002-0907-2049

DOI 10.37566/2707-6849-2025-3(52)-1

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Serhiy PRYLUTSKY,

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor

Chief Specialist of the Department of

Normative and Legal Work

and Preparation of Draft

Advisory Opinions

of the Legal Department

of the Secretariat of the High Council of Justice

Olga STRELTSOVA,

Professor of the Department of Public and International Law,

Law Institute of the Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University,

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor

THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY IN PREVENTING POLITICAL CORRUPTION: CURRENT EXPERIENCE IN THE CONDITIONS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

The purpose of this study was to study the problem of political corruption, as well as its destructive impact on the independence of the judiciary. Investigating the impact of judicial practice on the prevention of political corruption, the authors resort to a review of «historical» court decisions both at the national and international levels.

The authors substantiate the idea that political corruption carries the greatest risks of destabilizing the national legal system and the democratic system in the state. At the same time, just as an independent judiciary cannot exist in the conditions and under the influence of political corruption, political corruption cannot actively develop in the space of an independent judiciary.

The key conclusions of the study were the proposition that overcoming the effects of corruption on the processes of organizing the judiciary is a decisive goal on the path to establishing an independent judiciary in the state. Just as an independent judiciary cannot exist in the conditions and under the influence of political corruption, political corruption cannot actively develop in the space of an independent judiciary. «Independent judiciary» and «political corruption» are antagonistic phenomena to each other.

It has been found that international courts within the framework of the Council of Europe and the EU have developed effective practice and legal positions regarding the compliance of the judiciary of member states with the law of the Council of Europe and the law of the EU. This case law is a separate source of implementation of international standards regarding the independence of the judiciary and access to justice. It is seen that Ukraine should take into account the practice of the ECHR and the Court of Justice of the EU when adapting national legislation to EU law in the field of the judiciary.

Key words: court, judiciary, justice, sources of EU law, EU founding treaties, independence, political corruption.

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