CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE OF JUSTICE IN UKRAINE IN ITS GENESIS AND IMPLEMENTATION IN PRACTICE

Abstract

The authors study the principle of justice in Ukraine, focusing on the problematic issue – the violation of the principle of justice in the administration of law. An example is the decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine of 27 October 2020 No. 13-r/2020 on the abolition of electro-nic declaration of officials, which led to a constitutional crisis in the country. To resolve the situa-tion, the President of Ukraine submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a bill on the dissolution of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the annulment of the above-mentioned decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. The situation in the country is of great concern, as Ukraine’s visa-free regime with the European Union and Ukraine’s expected membership in the European Union are under threat. Corruption, long-term judicial reform, the constitutional crisis, violations of the principle of justice lead to the outflow of foreign investment from Ukraine, mass migration of Ukra-inians to developed countries of the European Union. All these factors hinder the development of the state as independent and democratic. It is concluded that a necessary step for Ukraine’s Euro-pean integration is not only the declaration, but first of all the implementation of the principle of justice by all branches of Ukrainian power.