Status Incompatibility and False Declarations: The Competition for the Constitutional Court Continues
The competition for a position in the Constitutional Court under the quotas of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the President is ongoing. Currently, there are four vacant positions in the Constitutional Court, and by the end of January 2025, three more will become vacant. If at least one new judge...
The HCJ appointed Oleksandra Shulika as a judge despite her visits to Crimea and Russia
On January 14, the High Council of Justice (HCJ) appointed Oleksandra Shulika as a judge, despite her previous visits to Crimea with her family in 2014. Additionally, she had travelled multiple times over the years to visit her grandfather in Russia, who refused to relocate to Ukraine. Only HCJ memb...
$1.1 billion from the IMF at risk: MPs support the draft law on a politicized administrative court
232 votes in favor. That’s how many MPs backed the disastrous draft law No. 12368-1 on January 9, which proposes a politically controlled court in place of the odious District Administrative Court of Kyiv. With this decision, the Verkhovna Rada has jeopardized Ukraine’s European integration and...
The Office of the President and Cabinet of Ministers continue to push for a controlled court to replace the DACK
It seems the Cabinet of Ministers and the Office of the President believe the country needs a controlled court of nationwide importance. On January 8, the Parliamentary Legal Committee, led by Denys Maslov, recommended the Verkhovna Rada to consider yet another harmful draft law, № 12368, on the e...
Putin – the primary advocate for ending international experts’ participation in judicial selection
Vladimir Putin has been vocal in opposing the involvement of international experts in the selection of judges. He expressed this stance just days before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to him, “There is no independent judiciary in Ukraine, and at the West’s request, the Kyiv author...
Batkivshchyna and OPZZh push to eliminate international experts from selection commissions
Members of the Batkivshchyna Party (BYuT) and Opposition Platform – For Life (OPZZh) are openly siding with the enemy, seeking to eliminate international experts from selection commissions for judges and other public institutions. On December 20, these MPs appealed to the Constitutional Court to a...