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The return of Otrosh: the Grand Chamber rolls back the results of judicial reform
The return of Otrosh: the Grand Chamber rolls back the results of judicial reform

The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Inna Otrosh Jr., who challenged the results of her failed qualification assessment. The Supreme Court has reinstated as a judge a person who: After the start of Russia’s aggression, regularly travelled to the temporarily occupied Crimea...

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The Supreme Court may overturn the results of eight years of judicial clean-up: a key decision in the case of Inna Otrosh
The Supreme Court may overturn the results of eight years of judicial clean-up: a key decision in the case of Inna Otrosh

The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court may issue a final ruling in the case of Inna Otrosh, a former judge of the Kyiv Commercial Court who was dismissed after failing her qualification assessment. If Otrosh is reinstated, it will send a dangerous signal across the entire system: that one can blatan...

HQCJ Supreme Court
High Council of Justice: The Vlasenko–Buzhansky Temporary Commission has exceeded its powers and poses a threat to judicial independence
High Council of Justice: The Vlasenko–Buzhansky Temporary Commission has exceeded its powers and poses a threat to judicial independence

The High Council of Justice (HCJ) has publicly stated that the Vlasenko–Buzhansky Temporary Investigation Commission (TIC) is exerting pressure on the judiciary. At its meeting on December 2, the HCJ adopted an important decision — to address the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with a notice that the...

Verkhovna Rada
The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court will decide the fate of two dismissed judges — and show where judicial reform is headed
The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court will decide the fate of two dismissed judges — and show where judicial reform is headed

On December 4, the Supreme Court may deliver a ruling that will determine not only the fate of two judges who have already been dismissed, but also demonstrate whether the judicial system is finally capable of cleansing itself of judges of low integrity — or whether it will once again protect its...

HCJ Supreme Court
A step to the left, a step back: six blows to justice reform
A step to the left, a step back: six blows to justice reform

Mykhailo Zhernakov and Olha Kovalska for zn.ua. Ukraine is ending the year with a full set of problems in the justice system. While the EU is slowing the opening of negotiating clusters, the authorities have begun unfreezing old practices: attacks on independent institutions and civil society, attem...

Members of Parliament propose to “fix” the competition for the Constitutional Court — in reality, they seek to weaken independent experts
Members of Parliament propose to “fix” the competition for the Constitutional Court — in reality, they seek to weaken independent experts

The competition for the position of a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine is under the threat of political interference. Draft law No. 14149 has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada, which weakens a key element of the reformed procedure — the involvement of independent experts. Although...

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Revenge or the rule of law: the Supreme Court is considering Pavlo Vovk’s appeal against his own dismissal
Revenge or the rule of law: the Supreme Court is considering Pavlo Vovk’s appeal against his own dismissal

Another hearing took place in the Supreme Court in the case of Pavlo Vovk, the judge who was dismissed by the High Council of Justice for interfering with the work of the HQCJ and for other serious violations of judicial ethics. Now, Vovk is trying to argue that the investigative materials in his ca...

DACK HCJ Supreme Court
The Supreme Court may open the way for Pavlo Vovk’s reinstatement
The Supreme Court may open the way for Pavlo Vovk’s reinstatement

The return of Pavlo Vovk to the judicial system is a scenario that once seemed impossible, but already this Thursday, the Supreme Court may turn it into reality. On November 27 at 11:00, the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court will consider Pavlo Vovk’s appeal against the decision of the High Counc...

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Another manipulation by the Vlasenko-Buzhanskyi Temporary Investigative Commission aimed at undermining the work of the Public Integrity Council
Another manipulation by the Vlasenko-Buzhanskyi Temporary Investigative Commission aimed at undermining the work of the Public Integrity Council

The Vlasenko-Buzhanskyi Temporary Investigative Commission is once again using its powers to pressure independent institutions and civil society. The DEJURE Foundation received an invitation for its Executive Director to attend the Commission’s meeting on 24 November. We officially informed the Co...

A decision that could bring Vovk back: the Grand Chamber will consider the Burkhan case
A decision that could bring Vovk back: the Grand Chamber will consider the Burkhan case

On 20 November, the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court may adopt a decision that opens the door for former judge Pavlo Vovk to return to the system and undo the efforts to cleanse the judiciary. This will happen if the Grand Chamber overturns the decision of the High Council of Justice regarding Ser...

DACK HCJ Supreme Court
The Otrosh case (and more): what decision will the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court adopt?
The Otrosh case (and more): what decision will the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court adopt?

Today’s hearing on the reinstatement of Inna Otrosh ended without a decision. The case was postponed until December 11 at 14:00. Otrosh was supported by her long-time allies: Maidan judges Taras Zaiets and Oksana Tsarevych, as well as Rostyslav Kravets — one of the figures featured in the “...

HCJ HQCJ Supreme Court
The Supreme Court may reinstate the scandalous Inna Otrosh and the Kyiv Appeal judges as soon as tomorrow. Come to the hearing!
The Supreme Court may reinstate the scandalous Inna Otrosh and the Kyiv Appeal judges as soon as tomorrow. Come to the hearing!

While the public is focused on the “series” of investigations by NABU and SAPO, the Supreme Court, almost unnoticed, may tomorrow reinstate several scandalous former judges: Inna Otrosh and the judges of the Kyiv Court of Appeal — Yurii Slyva, Viktor Hlynianyi, and Ihor Palenyk. Moreover, the...

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