Among such proposals can be identified
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2025 8:59 am
Therefore, it is necessary to develop appropriate guarantees for the work of such units and to establish the principles of the rule of law and legality in the practical activities of Ukrainian institutions, which will soon communicate on these principles with their European counterparts in the negotiation process for accession to the EU and in further work.
Therefore, once again engaging with the supporting theses of partners, this time from the European special database SIGMA/OECD Program, it is worth emphasizing one of the relevant Principles of Good Governance No. 8c, which states : " Public servants are obliged to act professionally and neutrally and have the right not to obey unlawful instructions, and are also protected from improper political and other influence on their professional judgment ."
Some options for reducing the influence on legal services from the direct leadership of government bodies were presented during a roundtable held in May of this year at the initiative of the Center for Political and Legal Reforms.
management and coordination of the legal support system of state bodies should be carried out by a separate responsible central executive body (not a ministry) or a unit in the center of the government, with the authority to control the resolution of controversial issues of the correct application of legislation and approve the dismissal of heads of legal services (similar to how the NACP acts regarding anti-corruption commissioners in state bodies in order to prevent pressure and arbitrary termination of civil service);
subordination of all legal services of state bodies directly to the central executive body for legal support or a unit in the center of government in order to eliminate the risks of excessive loyalty to local leadership, on the one hand, and to counteract de-boning or mobbing by the manager of a legal service employee, on the other.
Therefore, once again engaging with the supporting theses of partners, this time from the European special database SIGMA/OECD Program, it is worth emphasizing one of the relevant Principles of Good Governance No. 8c, which states : " Public servants are obliged to act professionally and neutrally and have the right not to obey unlawful instructions, and are also protected from improper political and other influence on their professional judgment ."
Some options for reducing the influence on legal services from the direct leadership of government bodies were presented during a roundtable held in May of this year at the initiative of the Center for Political and Legal Reforms.
management and coordination of the legal support system of state bodies should be carried out by a separate responsible central executive body (not a ministry) or a unit in the center of the government, with the authority to control the resolution of controversial issues of the correct application of legislation and approve the dismissal of heads of legal services (similar to how the NACP acts regarding anti-corruption commissioners in state bodies in order to prevent pressure and arbitrary termination of civil service);
subordination of all legal services of state bodies directly to the central executive body for legal support or a unit in the center of government in order to eliminate the risks of excessive loyalty to local leadership, on the one hand, and to counteract de-boning or mobbing by the manager of a legal service employee, on the other.