Who ends up on the Selection Commission will determine the future composition of the HQCJ — and therefore, who will go on to select and assess Ukrainian judges. On July 21, the Council of Judges of Ukraine (CoJ) announced an additional round of selection of candidates to the Selection Commission...
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...
The Congress of Judges of Ukraine has elected new members of the Council of Judges of Ukraine (CJU) — a body tasked with safeguarding judicial independence, delegating integrity-compliant representatives to various selection commissions, and implementing decisions of the Congress of Judges. In pra...
While Parliament continues to ignore the law on international experts, the Council of Judges of Ukraine (CoJ) has put forward questionable candidates for the selection of members of the High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ). On October 3, the CoJ finally determined its quota for the Selecti...
Today, the High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ) formed the Expert Council, which is to assist in the selection of judges for the newly created administrative courts. These courts will replace the liquidated District Administrative Court of Kyiv. They are mandated to consider lawsuits again...
In June, the term of the Selection Commission, which selected members of the High Qualifications Commission of Judges (HQCJ), came to an end. It was the international experts on the commission who served as a safeguard against unscrupulous candidates joining the HQCJ. Now the situation has changed...
