The essence and significance of ensuring the independence of the prosecutor’s office in Ukraine

O. M.  Shumilo

doi:10.32631/v.2023.3.44

O. M. Shumilo Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Sumy Branch https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0506-4631

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32631/v.2023.3.44

Keywords: prosecutor’s office, independence, guarantees, principle, justice, prosecutor.

Abstract

It is emphasised that ensuring the independence of the prosecutor’s office in Ukraine is a necessary step to increase trust in justice, fight corruption and ensure justice in society. This will contribute to building a strong rule-of-law state where every citizen has equal rights and can count on a fair and objective consideration of their cases.

It is established that the independence of the prosecutor’s office is a principle and, at the same time, a state in which the prosecutor's system functions independently of the influence of external factors, including political and economic factors, as well as other persons, ensuring freedom to perform its functions and powers on the basis of the law and the principles of justice. This includes impartiality, objectivity, integrity, absence of corruption and the ability of prosecutors to act in the public interest, ensuring the protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens.

It is determined that the importance of ensuring the independence of the prosecutor's office is due to the following factors: prevention of political influence on the investigation process, which ensures the objectivity and integrity of justice; improves the effectiveness of the fight against corruption and crime; acts as an additional guarantee of protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens, since an important task of the prosecutor's office is to ensure legal equality, combat human rights violations and protect the interests of society as a whole; ensures increased public confidence in justice and the system of law enforcement.

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Author Biography

O. M. Shumilo, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Sumy Branch

Candidate of Law, Professor.
Department of Legal Disciplines (professor).

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