The G7 Ambassadors call on the Congress of Judges to convene and appoint a judge of the CCU
The G7 Ambassadors commend the appointment of a judge to the Constitutional Court by the Parliament through the new selection procedure and urge the Congress of Judges to convene and follow suit. We echo our international partners and remind that more than two weeks ago, the Advisory Group of Expert...
Close, not reject: 250 MPs voted in favor of the draft law limiting access to court decisions
Today, on May 23, MPs supported draft law No. 7033-д, which restricts access to court decisions, in its first reading. Despite numerous public appeals to reject this draft law and detailed explanations of its risks, 250 MPs voted in favor of its adoption. This poses a threat to the public’s a...
The Verkhovna Rada has rejected draft law No. 9439, which effectively allowed the President’s Office to appoint politically convenient judges
The draft law proposed that during martial law and for one year after, the President could manually override the recommendations of the High Council of Justice (HCJ) for judicial appointments if there was “compromising information” from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) or the Nation...
Under the new rules: the Verkhovna Rada appointed Serhiy Riznyk as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
On May 23, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Serhiy Riznyk to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. He is the first judge selected under the new rules, which include participation of the Advisory Group of Experts (AGE) with international members. Serhiy Riznyk is a professor in the Department of Constitut...
We call on the Verkhovna Rada not to adopt draft law No. 7033-d, which limits access to court decisions
On May 2, 2024, the Parliamentary Legal Committee reviewed and endorsed draft law No. 7033-д for parliamentary consideration. This draft law limits access to information and decisions within the register of court decisions, which hold substantial public interest and are crucial for public oversight...
HCJ Members Salikhov and Burlakov once again block prosecution of judge accused of serious violations
Yesterday, the Second Disciplinary Chamber of the High Council of Justice decided not to bring judge Vyacheslav Pidpalyi of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv to responsibility. This decision allows the accused in the “Maidan case” to evade responsibility. In 2016, the Pechersk District...