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On 30 September, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy recommended that Parliament adopt, as a basis, draft law No. 16018 on competitions for the High Qualifications Commission of Judges and the High Council of Justice. The authors of the draft law are Volodymyr Vatras, Ivan Kalaur and Mykola...
The High Qualifications Commission of Judges (HQCJ) selects candidates for judicial positions and evaluates sitting judges. Its decisions determine who will work in Ukrainian courts. That is why it is crucial who selects the members of the HQCJ itself, and under what rules. In 2027, almost the entir...
The EU is about to pay Ukraine €3 billion for 10 implemented reforms. One of them is an updated review of judges’ integrity declarations. That one alone carries a payment of €286 million. According to European Pravda, the European Commission is proposing to disburse the funds to Ukraine un...
The Plenum of the Supreme Court (SC) is considering an application to the High Qualifications Commission of Judges (HQCJ) to announce a competition for vacant positions. There are currently more than 50 vacancies. Filling all vacancies at the Supreme Court after the competition procedure has been im...
The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court (GC SC) has overturned the decision of the High Council of Justice (HCJ) in the case of Kyiv Court of Appeal judges Ihor Palenyk, Yurii Slyva and Viktor Hlynianyi. These are the same judges from the story about a USD 35,000 bribe, where the money was found in&h...
Three international experts can unanimously support a candidate for the High Qualifications Commission of Judges — and the candidate still will not go any further. It is enough for the three representatives of the judicial part of the Selection Commission to vote against. This is exactly the model...
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