Towards European standards: the government abolished legal education in colleges
CColleges in Ukraine will no longer offer legal studies. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution stating that starting next year, admissions to law programs will be limited to bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. This resolution will not affect students enrolled i...
Not cosmetic changes: roundtable on legal education reform highlights urgent need for structural overhaul
On August 30, the Reanimation Package of Reforms Coalition (RPR), in partnership with DEJURE Foundation, organised a roundtable, “Legal education reform: delineation of legal education and law enforcement training”. The event focused on the findings of a report with the same title. Exper...
Ten months of the qualification assessment: 43 judges of low integrity retained their positions, and 27 were recommended for dismissal
Almost ten months have passed since the start of the qualification assessment. During this time, the High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ) reviewed 172 judges. For instance, the fourth panel of the HQCJ has finally recommended for the dismissal Hanna Andrienko, a judge of the Oktiabrskyi Di...
The Government approved an action plan that includes institutional delineation of legal education and law enforcement training
Recently, on August 23, the Government approved an action plan aimed at implementing the Comprehensive Strategic Plan for the Reform of Law Enforcement Bodies as part of Ukraine’s security and defence sector for 2023–2027. What does this action plan entail for legal education? It acknowledge...
Ratified: The Verkhovna Rada supported the Rome Statute
281 votes in favor. On August 21, Ukrainian MPs supported the ratification of the Rome Statute. This is a significant step in ensuring accountability for war criminals. The Rome Statute is the basis for the operation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has the authority to prosecute ind...
Nine months of the qualification assessment: 42 judges of low integrity retained their positions, and only 26 were recommended for dismissal.
Almost 9 months have passed since the start of the qualification assessment. During this time, the High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ) reviewed 152 judges, 99 of them had negative opinions of the Public Integrity Council (PIC). The HQCJ continues to keep in office judges who do not meet t...