▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Ukraine ▁has ▁allowed ▁vide ot aping ▁of ▁court ▁sessions ▁without ▁obtain ing ▁the ▁specific ▁permission ▁of ▁the ▁judge , ▁within ▁the ▁limitations ▁established ▁by ▁law . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁the ▁Open ▁Court ▁Project ▁launched ▁with ▁the ▁aim ▁of ▁ ▁vide ot aping ▁court ▁proceed ings ▁in ▁civil , ▁commercial , ▁administrative ▁cases . ▁. ▁The ▁Open ▁Court ▁Project ▁has ▁vide ot aped ▁over ▁ 7 0 0 0 ▁court ▁cases ▁in ▁courts ▁at ▁different ▁levels . ▁The ▁videos ▁are ▁stored , ▁indexed ▁and ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁public ▁domain . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁N GO ▁Open ▁Ukraine ▁has ▁launched ▁the ▁V R ▁Court ▁Project ▁aim ed ▁at ▁vide ot aping ▁court ▁sessions ▁with ▁ 3 D ▁ 3 6 0 ▁degree ▁port able ▁video ▁cam eras ▁to ▁create ▁V R ▁video ▁records ▁of ▁court ▁sessions . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁Daniel ▁M . ▁Kol key ▁arg ues ▁that ▁televis ing ▁tri als ▁can ▁dist ort ▁the ▁truth - se ek ing ▁process ▁of ▁a ▁criminal ▁trial ▁and ▁ch ill ▁witness es ' ▁willing ness ▁to ▁co oper ate ; ▁that ▁televis ing ▁tri als ▁inter fer es ▁with ▁the ▁priv acy ▁of ▁vict ims , ▁witness es ▁and ▁defend ants ; ▁that ▁the ▁decision ▁whether ▁to ▁te lev ise ▁tri als ▁does ▁not ▁l end ▁itself ▁to ▁a ▁case - by - case ▁determ ination ; ▁and ▁that ▁televis ing ▁tri als ▁can ▁transform ▁them ▁into ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁entertain