All rise for the court: when will judicial reform set in motion and what can go wrong
Iryna Shyba, Mykhailo Zhernakov for Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Read in UKR This week the Parliament adopted two draft laws on judicial reform. The first one (No. 3711-д) concerns the establishment of a new High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ), the “HR department” of the judiciary. The second o...
Verkhovna Rada has unblocked the signing of draft laws that launch judicial reform
MPs failed to vote on resolutions blocking the entry into force of draft laws № 3711-д on the reboot of the High Qualifications Commission of Judges and № 5068 on the reform of the High Council of Justice.
The Parliament adopted the draft law № 5068 on the reform of the High Council of Justice
A separate body with international experts will be established in Ukraine to check the integrity of members of the High Council of Justice and the HCJ candidates. The draft was supported by 259 MPs.
The Parliament adopted the President’s recommendations on the draft law on the reform of the High Qualification Commission of Judges
On July 13. Verkhovna Rada supported the Presidential recommendations to the vetoed draft law № 3711-д on the launch of the HQCJ and granted international experts a casting vote in the selection of the HQCJ members.
Dmytro Razumkov jeopardizes the draft law on the reboot of the High Qualification Commission of Judges
The speaker sent the text of the draft law № 3711 to the President for signature with contradictory amendments to it. Now Volodymyr Zelensky must veto the draft law.