Ukraine: New Law Undercuts Independence of Anti-Corruption Bodies

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Ukrainians protest near the presidential office in the capital Kyiv against a newly passed law that curbs the independence of anti- corruption institutions, the first protest of its kind since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, July 22, 2025. © 2025 Stanislav Kozliuk/Reuters (Kyiv) - A new law adopted by Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on July 22, 2025, effectively strips Ukraine’s key anti-corruption bodies of independence and is detrimental to the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said today.Parliament should repeal these amendments, engage in meaningful…

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