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The High Council of Justice publicly justified the use of criminal case materials in judges’ disciplinary proceedings
The High Council of Justice publicly justified the use of criminal case materials in judges’ disciplinary proceedings

Judges may be held disciplinarily liable on the basis of materials from criminal proceedings, including covert investigative actions (CIAs). Eleven members of the High Council of Justice (HCJ) have issued a joint position to this effect. They emphasised that this practice is well established, lawful...

DACK HCJ Supreme Court
Open appeal to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine regarding the termination of unlawful actions by the Temporary Investigative Commission on Investigating Corruption in Law Enforcement Bodies, Courts, and Judicial Governance Bodies
Open appeal to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine regarding the termination of unlawful actions by the Temporary Investigative Commission on Investigating Corruption in Law Enforcement Bodies, Courts, and Judicial Governance Bodies

On 19 June 2025, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine established the Temporary Investigative Commission (TIC) to investigate possible facts of corruption or corruption-related offences in law enforcement bodies, courts, and judicial governance bodies, chaired by MPs Serhii Vlasenko and Maksym Buzhanskyi...

The disappearance of judge Kyrylo Harnyk’s case: the High Council of Justice avoids referring the matter to the Prosecutor General
The disappearance of judge Kyrylo Harnyk’s case: the High Council of Justice avoids referring the matter to the Prosecutor General

The High Council of Justice (HCJ) has effectively confirmed the special status of two of the country’s most scandal-ridden courts — the liquidated District Administrative Court of Kyiv (DACK) and the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv. Although the versions explaining the disappearance of the case...

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157 million for inaction. How judges of the liquidated District Administrative Court of Kyiv are still receiving payments from the state budget
157 million for inaction. How judges of the liquidated District Administrative Court of Kyiv are still receiving payments from the state budget

Yaroslav Kuzyshyn, Anton Zelinskyi, and Karyna Hasymova for Ukrainska Pravda. UAH 157 million — that is how much has been spent from Ukraine’s state budget over the past three years on judges of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv (DACK), which was liquidated three years ago. At one time...

DACK
Competition for the Constitutional Court under the Congress of Judges’ quota — a lack of qualified candidates, again
Competition for the Constitutional Court under the Congress of Judges’ quota — a lack of qualified candidates, again

Another setback on the path to filling vacancies at the Constitutional Court of Ukraine: the Advisory Group of Experts has completed its assessment of the candidates’ professional competence and did not recommend either of the two candidates who had recently passed the integrity screening. In othe...

Constitutional Court
How the High Council of Justice allows judges of low integrity to leave office with lifelong payments
How the High Council of Justice allows judges of low integrity to leave office with lifelong payments

In some cases, the High Council of Justice (HCJ) continues a practice that allows judges of low integrity to avoid accountability while simultaneously receiving generous lifelong payments from the state budget. This concerns the retirement of judges against whom disciplinary complaints — or even o...

HCJ
A dubious competition and a predictable finale: Pampura appointed Head of the State Judicial Administration
A dubious competition and a predictable finale: Pampura appointed Head of the State Judicial Administration

Questionable candidates once again take up key positions. As we predicted, on 22 December, the High Council of Justice appointed Maksym Pampura as Head of the State Judicial Administration (SJA). Twelve members of the HCJ voted in favour; only Kandziuba, Kravchenko, and Maselko voted against. This d...

HCJ
Ukraine risks losing hundreds of millions of euros from the EU due to the failure to adopt key judicial reform laws
Ukraine risks losing hundreds of millions of euros from the EU due to the failure to adopt key judicial reform laws

Ukraine will receive €2.3 billion in financial assistance under the Ukraine Facility programme. However, this is only part of the funds the state could have counted on if all commitments had been fulfilled. Approximately €700 million has remained unavailable for several months due to the failure...

Supreme Court
A corruption taint is no obstacle: the High Council of Justice plans to appoint the head of the State Judicial Administration
A corruption taint is no obstacle: the High Council of Justice plans to appoint the head of the State Judicial Administration

The competition for the position of Head of the State Judicial Administration has demonstrated that integrity is not a decisive criterion for the High Council of Justice, despite Ukraine’s commitments to the European Union. On 22 December, the High Council of Justice (HCJ) plans to select a new He...

HCJ
The European Commission demands Bar reform, but there is no progress — presentation of the Bar Reform Roadmap
The European Commission demands Bar reform, but there is no progress — presentation of the Bar Reform Roadmap

Over the past three years, the European Commission has repeatedly emphasised the need to reform the Ukrainian Bar. As of the beginning of this year, Ukraine had around 70,000 practising attorneys. In addition, the Bar has a significant influence on the establishment of the rule of law within the jus...

The Bar
The Venice Commission criticised Draft Law No. 14149 on the selection of Constitutional Court judges
The Venice Commission criticised Draft Law No. 14149 on the selection of Constitutional Court judges

The Venice Commission has published its opinion on Draft Law No. 14149, effectively confirming what the DEJURE Foundation warned about from the very beginning: the changes proposed by the authorities create serious risks to the independence of the Advisory Group of Experts (AGE). The authors of the...

Constitutional Court
Parliament to consider the Vlasenko–Buzhansky Temporary Investigation Commission (TIC) report proposing control over courts and anti-corruption bodies
Parliament to consider the Vlasenko–Buzhansky Temporary Investigation Commission (TIC) report proposing control over courts and anti-corruption bodies

The Vlasenko–Buzhansky Temporary Investigation Commission “on investigating possible facts of corruption in law-enforcement and judicial bodies” has published its report on the results of its work, which has been included on the Verkhovna Rada’s agenda for a vote on 17 December. Experts of t...

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