{"id":6895,"date":"2025-05-26T08:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T08:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/elena-fonova-is-in-the-focus-of-the-annual-report-of-expertise-france\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T13:31:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T13:31:02","slug":"elena-fonova-is-in-the-focus-of-the-annual-report-of-expertise-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/en\/elena-fonova-is-in-the-focus-of-the-annual-report-of-expertise-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Elena Fonova is in the focus of the annual report of Expertise France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olena Fonova, a judge, coordinator of the regional council, and co-founder of the NGO PRO Justice, spoke about the key challenges of judicial reform in times of war, digitalization of justice, and the role of civil society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Expertise France<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one of the leading international cooperation agencies, has published its annual report, in which it presents the experience of implementing legal reforms in Ukraine through the prism of personal stories. Among the heroes of the publication are <\/span><b>Olena Fonova <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">judge of the Economic Court of Luhansk region, coordinator of the Donbas Regional Council for Justice Reform and co-founder of our organization <\/span><b>NGO &#8220;Interregional Expert Center &#8220;PRO Justice&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJudicial reform in times of war is not just a restoration, but a challenge that requires systemic and flexible solutions. Our goal is to preserve access to justice for every citizen, regardless of their location,\u201d says Olena Fonova in her interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The focus of the conversation:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Supporting the judiciary in times of war: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring the security, continuity of court operations and access to justice even in the face of displacement and hostilities.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The role of civil society: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The role of civil society: creation of regional councils and establishment of PRO Justice as a response to the need for professional regional analysis of the reform.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Digitalization of the judiciar<\/b><strong>y<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> remote justice as a response to the challenges of mobility and public safety.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Challenges of the system: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staff shortages, lack of funding and the need to modernize the judicial infrastructure.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to the EU Project <\/span><b>\u201cPravo-Justice\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project, in which our organization is actively involved, a number of important initiatives are being implemented, including the <\/span><b>\u201cModel Courts\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and digital innovations aimed at increasing transparency and reducing corruption risks in the judiciary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our organization<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> continues its mission to build independent, accessible and effective justice in Ukraine by engaging expert communities in the regions and supporting the voice of local communities in policy making.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udd17 Read the full report <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravojustice.eu\/ua\/post\/reformuvannya-pravosuddya-pid-chas-vijni-intervyu-oleni-fonovoyi-redakcijnij-kolegiyi-richnogo-zvitu-agenciyi-expertise-france\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expertise France.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olena Fonova, a judge, coordinator of the regional council, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-justice.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}