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Draft Law No. 14149: a threat to independent selection of Constitutional Court judges
Draft Law No. 14149: a threat to independent selection of Constitutional Court judges

The Verkhovna Rada may pass in the first reading the harmful draft law No. 14149 or its no less harmful alternative No. 14149-1. Both documents restrict the independence of the Advisory Group of Experts (AGE) in the selection of judges for the Constitutional Court (CCU). They also create the risk of...

Constitutional Court
DEJURE Foundation announces a tender of purchase of audit services
DEJURE Foundation announces a tender of purchase of audit services

The Non-Governmental Organization “DEJURE Foundation” (hereinafter – DEJURE) invites you to submit a quotation of audit services to conduct an audit of the project’s financial statements. REQUEST FOR QUOTATION FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF AUDIT SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF THE PROJECT’...

Selection to the Constitutional Court: nine candidates advance to the next stage
Selection to the Constitutional Court: nine candidates advance to the next stage

The Advisory Group of Experts (AGE) has completed the stage of assessing the competency level of candidates for the positions of judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU). The next step is determining the ranking of candidates and submitting them to the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Pol...

Constitutional Court
How the Bar Association and the Prosecutor General joined forces to pressure the NACP over the anti-corruption strategy
How the Bar Association and the Prosecutor General joined forces to pressure the NACP over the anti-corruption strategy

The Office of the Prosecutor General has opened an absurd criminal proceeding against officials of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP). They are allegedly accused of abusing power or official position for the purpose of obtaining unlawful benefit (Article 364 of the Criminal Code). I...

The Bar
The Course of Salikhov, Head of the Council of Judges, toward impunity and control over the High Council of Justice
The Course of Salikhov, Head of the Council of Judges, toward impunity and control over the High Council of Justice

The right of the Congress of Judges to recall a member of the High Council of Justice, which has meanwhile allegedly become a punitive body, as well as abandoning the obligation of judges to report interference in their work to the Prosecutor General and the HCJ — these are the ideas promoted by V...

Council of Judges HCJ
With EU support, a coalition of Ukrainian civil society organizations launches a project to safeguard justice sector reforms
With EU support, a coalition of Ukrainian civil society organizations launches a project to safeguard justice sector reforms

On Thursday, April 16, the DEJURE Foundation, the Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), MEZHA, and AutoMaidan presented a new EU-funded project on monitoring justice sector reforms during the conference “Operation European Integration: Reforms in the Justice Sector.” The project, titled “Civi...

DEJURE Foundation on the Public Integrity Council’s decision to expel one of its members
DEJURE Foundation on the Public Integrity Council’s decision to expel one of its members

Today, it became known that the Public Integrity Council (PIC) had decided to expel Serhii Fesenko from its membership. The decision was based on substantiated concerns regarding his academic integrity in the process of writing his dissertation. We believe that adherence to the principles of integri...

The Supreme Court is dragging its feet. Vovk has not been saved — yet
The Supreme Court is dragging its feet. Vovk has not been saved — yet

The worst has not happened. However, the threat has not disappeared — it has merely been postponed. The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court has already postponed its decision for the fourth time in the case where the scandalous Pavlo Vovk is challenging his dismissal as a judge. This time, the hear...

DACK Supreme Court
A ruling in Vovk’s favor will save around 20 other judges of the DACK
A ruling in Vovk’s favor will save around 20 other judges of the DACK

A decision by the Supreme Court in favour of Pavlo Vovk will create a domino effect—at least 18 judges of the liquidated District Administrative Court of Kyiv (DACK) may avoid dismissal. Pavlo Vovk and his fellow DACK judges became notorious due to recordings made by the National Anti-Corruption B...

DACK Supreme Court
The Advisory Group of Experts announced the candidates who advanced to the next stage of the selection for the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
The Advisory Group of Experts announced the candidates who advanced to the next stage of the selection for the Constitutional Court of Ukraine

On 7 April, the Advisory Group of Experts (AGE) completed the assessment of moral qualities within the selection process for two vacant positions on the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) under the Parliament’s quota. Out of 15 candidates who reached the interview stage, 10 were found to meet t...

Constitutional Court
Trial of the system: will Pavlo Vovk return to the bench?
Trial of the system: will Pavlo Vovk return to the bench?

The decisive hearing of the Supreme Court on the reinstatement of Pavlo Vovk as a judge is approaching. The decision regarding the scandalous former head of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv (DACK) was expected to be announced back in January, but was postponed until April 9. Vovk is challen...

DACK Supreme Court
Overdue reforms: what is happening with legal education on the path to the EU
Overdue reforms: what is happening with legal education on the path to the EU

The Parliament has missed the deadline for adopting a draft law that is part of the required reforms on Ukraine’s path to the European Union. This concerns legislative initiatives in the field of legal education that were supposed to enter into force by the end of the first quarter of 2026. The Go...

Legal Education
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