IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RIGHT TO DEFENCE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS: THE PROBLEM OF ‘SKY-HIGH BAIL’ AND THE SELECTIVE APPLICATION OF SENTENCE-MITIGATING MECHANISMS IN CORRUPTION CASES (BASED ON THE PRACTICE OF UKRAINE’S HIGH ANTI-CORRUPTION COURT)

Oleksandr Babikov

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61417/2786-7900.2026.2.1

Keywords: right to defence, pre-trial measures, bail, High Anti-Corruption Court, suspended sentence, plea agreement, accusatory bias, ECHR case law

abstract

Ihor Fedorenko

ORCID - 0000-0002-1512-7835

Implementation of the right to defence in criminal proceedings: the problem of ''sky-high bail'' and the selective application of sentence-mitigating mechanisms in corruption cases (based in the practice of Ukraine`s high anti-corruption court)

Published: 2026-09-30

Number: Collection "Collection of the scientific journal of the scientific research institute of pre-judicial investigation problems". 2026 № 2

Section: articles