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14 IJCA 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/ijca14 and id is 1 raw text is: International Journal I For Court Administration EDITORIAL GAR YEIN NG MARKUS ZIMMER t *Author affiliations can be found in the back matter of this article In the first issue of 2023, there is an underlying theme of judicial integrity running through the articles, whilst we travel from Kazakhstan and Ukraine in Eastern Europe, to Kenya in Africa and to the United States of America. In Ukraine, Maryna Utkina et al, in their article, Anticorruption Transformation Processed in the Conditions of the Judicial Reform in Ukraine Implementation, analyse the extent to which Ukraine's recent judicial reforms, as mandated in new legislation, successfully targeted the country's ongoing efforts to combat corruption in its judicial system. Elements discussed include (i) judicial reform measures; (ii) Constitutional Court of Ukraine efforts to inhibit judicial reform, and (iii) the creation of new High Anti-Corruption Court. Successful judicial reform requires (i) sufficient political will and cooperation of Ukraine's President and parliament, the Verkhovna Rodo, and (ii) active public participation in initiating and monitoring implementation of the reforms. In Kazakhstan, Zhanna Khamzina, examines the Benefits and Risks of the Specialization of Courts in social and labor disputes. The author focuses on Kazakhstan where judicial reforms anticipate new specialized courts. She concludes that while specialization can refine the country's judicial system and enhance its development, it must be approached cautiously, and its implementation carefully monitored. She reviews arguments for creating new social and labor courts, asking whether the initiative entails more than just increasing the competence and efficiency of the judiciary. She cautions that the initiative may lead to crafting decisions focused on the qualitative resolution of social and labor conflicts that have the potential to adversely affect social peace and stability. Mercy Deche assesses the Recruitment of Judges in Kenya: The Intricacies of Gauging a Candidate's Integrity. She analyses the substantive and procedural legal framework, highlighting the Judicial Service Commission's challenges when inquiring CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: GarYein Ng University of Buckingham, GB ijcaeditor@iaca.ws TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Gar Yein Ng and Markus Zimmer, Integrity of the Judiciary and its Decision- Making Processes' (2023) 14(1) International Journal for Court Administration 1. DOI: https://doi. org/10.36745/ijca.520

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