242 million for inaction: DACK judges are still receiving money from the budget
Judges of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv (DACK) have collectively received over UAH 242 million in judicial remuneration in the three and a half years since the court’s liquidation. On 18 June, the Supreme Court upheld the High Council of Justice’s decision to dismiss former D...
NGOs call on the President and the Verkhovna Rada to urgently fill vacancies in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine is a key actor in defending the Basic Law and an important part of the system of checks and balances. A politically dependent or dysfunctional Constitutional Court (the Court/CCU) can create serious risks to the balance of power and the rule of law. The Court̵...
Competition for the CCU under the Parliament’s quota: AGE has formed the ranked list of candidates
On July 6, 2026, the Advisory Group of Experts (AGE) held a ranked vote on 9 candidates for two vacant positions of judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine under the quota of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and formed its final ranked list. Based on the results of the vote by AGE members, the&he...
The Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv is obstructing the work of journalists
Judge Serhii Vovk, through an interim measure, has banned investigators from Slidstvo.Info and the Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC) from publishing material about the property of the brother of the director of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). The court’s decision came on July 6...
A draft law has been registered in the Rada to make judges’ disciplinary liability more effective
Draft Law No. 15374 has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada. It is intended to prevent the High Council of Justice’s work from grinding to a halt in the spring of 2027 and to make judges’ disciplinary liability more effective and predictable. The adoption of this draft law is one of Uk...
Judge Bohdan Sanin of DACK suspended from duty and referred for dismissal
Bohdan Sanin — a judge whose name became a symbol of unlawful bans during the Revolution of Dignity and of corruption scandals — is finally one step away from official dismissal. On June 22, 2026, the First Disciplinary Chamber of the High Council of Justice (HCJ) finally decided to hold Bohdan...