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Six candidates for the CCU are already at the AGE’s final stage. There are serious questions about one of them
Six candidates for the CCU are already at the AGE’s final stage. There are serious questions about one of them

Today, candidates for the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) under the quota of the Congress of Judges of Ukraine sat a written assessment of their level of competence in the field of law. The Advisory Group of Experts (AGE) admitted 6 of the 12 candidates to this stage, all of whom successfully...

Constitutional Court
From Telegram channels to “databases of offenders”: how judicial reform is attacked
From Telegram channels to “databases of offenders”: how judicial reform is attacked

For years, Telegram channels, personal blogs and individual media outlets have been discrediting civil society organizations that promote judicial reform. Now similar manipulations have appeared on the anonymous English-language website CrimeaWatch. In 2024, the civic initiative Holka examined more...

PIC
“Their votes outweigh ours.” Stefanishyna’s correspondence has shown why competitions need international experts
“Their votes outweigh ours.” Stefanishyna’s correspondence has shown why competitions need international experts

On 5 August, NABU and SAPO notified former Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olha Stefanishyna of a new suspicion: illicit enrichment. According to investigators, the value of the assets she acquired exceeds her lawful income and savings, and she failed to declare some of her assets and...

HQCJ
DACK cases and judges can end up in the same court again
DACK cases and judges can end up in the same court again

The High Qualifications Commission of Judges (HQCJ) has recommended transferring 6 judges of the liquidated DACK to the Kyiv District Administrative Court (KDAC). All the cases of the liquidated DACK had previously been transferred to the KDAC as well. In other words, the nameplate has changed, but...

DACK HQCJ
EU Council makes the reinstatement of international experts to the selection of HQCJ members a new condition of the Ukraine Facility
EU Council makes the reinstatement of international experts to the selection of HQCJ members a new condition of the Ukraine Facility

The Council of the EU has approved amendments to the Ukraine Facility and the related Ukraine Plan, supplementing it with 27 new reforms. Among them is the adoption of a law that should return independent international experts to the Selection Commission for the selection of members of the High Qual...

Who will select the future members of the HQCJ, and why judicial reform will be at risk without international experts
Who will select the future members of the HQCJ, and why judicial reform will be at risk without international experts

Who ends up on the Selection Commission will determine the future composition of the HQCJ — and therefore, who will go on to select and assess Ukrainian judges. On July 21, the Council of Judges of Ukraine (CoJ) announced an additional round of selection of candidates to the Selection Commission...

Council of Judges HQCJ
Ethics Council recommends candidates for the High Council of Justice
Ethics Council recommends candidates for the High Council of Justice

On 14 July, the Ethics Council found five candidates for the High Council of Justice to meet the criteria of professional ethics and integrity. They are Iryna Davydovych, Oleksandr Zhytnyi, Lesia Muzyka, Ivan Nazarov, and Tetiana Tsuvina. Five candidates were found not to meet the criteria. They are...

HCJ
242 million for inaction: DACK judges are still receiving money from the budget
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...

DACK
NGOs call on the President and the Verkhovna Rada to urgently fill vacancies in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
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...

Constitutional Court
Competition for the CCU under the Parliament’s quota: AGE has formed the ranked list of candidates
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...

Constitutional Court Verkhovna Rada
The Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv is obstructing the work of journalists
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
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...

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