Confidence in the results of judicial reform is impossible when there is a lack of transparency
Currently, the future of a fair court in Ukraine depends on the decisions of the Ethics Council.
Ukrainian CSOs call EU member states to grant Ukraine EU candidate status promptly, as recognition of joint reform achievements
Ukrainian civil society organizations call on European Union member states to grant Ukraine EU candidate status in June, without any delays, conditionalities, and possible reformulations.
The work of the High Council of Justice should be restored in a constitutional manner and in accordance with judicial reform
The NGOs call on the Verkhovna Rada to amend the legislation to allow the HCJ to resume its work in the shortest possible time in accordance with the Constitution and the judicial reform initiated by the President of Ukraine.
The draft law, that preserves the leadership of the Ukrainian National Bar Association and threatens judicial reform, was registered in the Verkhovna Rada
On February 4, the draft law "On self-regulatory organizations" was registered in the Verkhovna Rada. The draft law would effectively allow Lidia Izovitova, Head of the Ukrainian National Bar Association, to be re-elected indefinitely.
Judicial reform in action: most members of the High Council of Justice have resigned
After February 23, the appointment bodies - the President, the Congress of Judges, the Conference of Prosecutors - must announce competitions to fill vacancies.
The first day of the interviews to the High Council of Justice: one candidate withdrew, three explained their assets
Three candidates were interviewed - Serhiy Babiy, Mykola Voynarivsky and Volodymyr Kutsenko. The integrity of all three candidates was seriously questioned by the DEJURE Foundation, the Anti-Corruption Action Center and Automaidan.