The HCJ increased the number of the HACC judges. What will happen with the competition?
Following the HCJ’s decision, the High Anti-Corruption Court will have a total of 42 judges in the first instance court and 21 judges in the appellate court, adding 24 positions compared to the previous arrangement. The next step involves the High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ) org...
Yanukovych’s henchman and Vovk’s accomplice: the Council of Judges elected Yaroslav Romanyuk and Volodymyr Kuzmenko to the selection commission for the Constitutional Court
The Council of Judges appointed Yaroslav Romanyuk, who served as the head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine during the Yanukovych era, to join the commission responsible for selecting judges for the Constitutional Court.
The President delays the appointment of a member of the HCJ under his quota
In April, the commission responsible for recommending candidates for the High Council of Justice (HCJ) sent a list of potential appointees for vacant positions to the President. However, it is now September, and there is still no update.
Vovk against the Service of Disciplinary Inspectors: MP Slavytska tried to break the transparent competition by conflicting provisions in the new law
Today, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the draft law on competition for the Service of Disciplinary Inspectors (No. 9483-2). It is on this draft law that the start of consideration of complaints against judges and their dismissals depends. Additionally, it introduces a competitive selection process for...
The MPs will resume the consideration of disciplinary complaints against judges, but they intend to sabotage the competition for the SDI
Tomorrow, the MPs can finally start the consideration of disciplinary complaints against judges. They are planning to vote on draft law No. 9261, which, in particular, proposes to provide the High Council of Justice with the opportunity to consider complaints as soon as the law on transparent compet...
Kivalov’s legacy and the monopoly of “special” universities: What’s wrong with the Congress of Legal Scholars that elects members of the HCJ?
On September 21, 2023, the Congress of Legal Scholars will be convened once again to elect one member of the High Council of Justice. The last Congress, which took place on June 2, 2023, could not elect anyone since none of the candidates got the majority of votes.