Keywords
Law enforcement agencies’ activities
Law enforcement function
Prosecutor’s office
Judicial reform
Public justice
Court
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Abstract
The issue of organizing the operation of the court and prosecutor’s office in terms of the martial law is extremely urgent. Since then, Ukraine, for the first time in many years, has faced a problem related to the need to reorganize the operation of courts and prosecutor’s offices in order to continue performing their functions during the armed aggression. The current situation demonstrated that the Ukrainian judicial system and the prosecutor’s office were not properly prepared for war. The lack of any pre-developed clear plans or programs for the functioning of the court and prosecutor’s office in terms of war or emergency situation is a bright proof. Therefore, the gained experience of the operation of courts and prosecutor’s offices in terms of the acute phase of the Russian-Ukrainian war can be useful for other countries. Solving the existing problems with ensuring a fair trial in peacetime was complicated by a number of additional challenges caused by the war. Therefore, Ukraine faced a double task: first, to ensure the functioning of the judicial system in terms of the martial law, and secondly, to continue fulfilling its obligations regarding the implementation of judicial reform, which is a necessary condition for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. The authors of the article have studied the main problems of organizing the operation of courts and prosecutor’s offices in terms of the martial law and have offered possible ways to solve them.
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