KIEV, Oct. 30 – Ukraine's judiciary can work without political interference and corruption, but corrupt judges are still on the job as lustration in the country is incomplete, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt said.

"While that process continues, Ukraine can also push forward in three areas to strengthen judicial independence, accountability, and integrity. First, implement the Law on Restoration of Trust in the Judiciary. Lustration is incomplete. More than a year into the process, corrupt judges are still on the job. Judges continue to go unpunished when they disregard human rights and demonstrate contempt for the rule of law," he said at the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council and Kiev School of Economics Conference on Legal and Governance Reform on October 30.