The Razumkov Centre’s sociological service conducted two surveys as part of the Council of Europe project “Support to Ukraine in implementing Council of Europe standards on the judiciary” to study Ukrainian citizens’ attitudes toward the judiciary and to assess their opinions concerning various aspects of judicial performance.
In order to study the attitudes of Ukrainian citizens towards the judiciary and their assessment of various aspects of the courts' activities, the Razumkov Center's sociological service conducted two sociological surveys as part of the Council of Europe's project “Supporting Ukraine in implementing Council of Europe standards on the judiciary.”
When assessing various aspects of court activity, respondents surveyed both nationally and at court exits gave higher ratings on most indicators than in previous years.
According to the results of both the nationwide survey (among respondents who have experience of interacting with the courts) and the survey conducted at the exit of court premises, the majority of respondents believe that the court's decision was lawful and fair. At the same time, according to the nationwide survey, this proportion is higher than in previous years.
Respondents surveyed in the nationwide survey, when assessing the experience of their closest social circle in participating in court hearings over the past two years, are significantly more likely than in previous surveys to express positive assessments of the legality and fairness of court decisions based on the experience of their relatives and friends (the trend of an increase in the proportion of those who respond that the decisions were lawful and fair has been observed since 2019).
