Time passes, yet there are still no judges for the Constitutional Court appointed by the Congress of Judges. It seems there won’t be any in the near future. According to our colleagues from the AntAC, the Council of Judges does not plan to announce the convening of the Congress of Judges of Ukraine to address… Continue reading The Council of Judges has no plans to appoint new Constitutional Court judges?
The G7 Ambassadors commend the appointment of a judge to the Constitutional Court by the Parliament through the new selection procedure and urge the Congress of Judges to convene and follow suit. We echo our international partners and remind that more than two weeks ago, the Advisory Group of Experts ranked the candidates. However, the… Continue reading The G7 Ambassadors call on the Congress of Judges to convene and appoint a judge of the CCU
On May 23, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Serhiy Riznyk to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. He is the first judge selected under the new rules, which include participation of the Advisory Group of Experts (AGE) with international members. Serhiy Riznyk is a professor in the Department of Constitutional Law and vice-rector at Ivan Franko University… Continue reading Under the new rules: the Verkhovna Rada appointed Serhiy Riznyk as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
Today, on May 2nd, the Advisory Group of Experts (AGE) announced the candidates for the Constitutional Court who have passed the legal competence assessment. Out of 8 candidates, 5 received the “qualified” rating: Yuriy Barabash, Oleksandr Vodyannikov, and Serhiy Riznyk under the quota of the Verkhovna Rada, and Alla Oliynyk and Oleksandra Yanovska under the… Continue reading Competent enough. Five out of eight candidates for the CCU advance
The Advisory Group of Experts (AGE) announced the list of candidates for the Constitutional Court (CCU), who will proceed to the next stage of the competition — the evaluation of professional qualities. The criterion of high moral qualities is met by: Under quota of the Congress of Judges: Alla Oliynyk, Oleksandra Yanovska, Nataliya Denysenko. Under… Continue reading Who will join the Constitutional Court? The selection commission has revealed the candidates who have successfully passed the integrity check.
Judicial reform has once again emerged as a crucial benchmark in the implementation of the European Union’s Ukraine Facility program.
In Ukraine, anyone with citizenship of another state cannot be a judge or hold a position in the civil service. Recent investigations by journalists into the links between judges and the Russian Federation have shocked society. It turns out that the citizens of the aggressor country have been adopting decisions “in the name of Ukraine”… Continue reading Ukrainian Justice with Russian Passport: the Process of (Non-)Verification of Citizenship in Regard to Representatives of the Judiciary
The Council of Judges has published the list of candidates for the Constitutional Court under the quota of the Congress of Judges. There are many candidates on this list whose integrity or professionalism is in reasonable doubt. Here is more information about them. Oksana Blazhivska, a former HCJ member, secured a judgeship in the Commercial… Continue reading Who is trying to sneak into the Constitutional Court?
The Council of Judges appointed Yaroslav Romanyuk, who served as the head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine during the Yanukovych era, to join the commission responsible for selecting judges for the Constitutional Court.
According to the European Commission, Ukraine has made “good progress” regarding the reform of the Constitutional Court. Nevertheless, the European Union suggests that Ukraine should prioritise amending the procedure for appointing judges of the Constitutional Court, aligning it with the recommendations put forth by the Venice Commission, and initiate the selection process accordingly.
Today, draft law No. 9322, foreseeing changes to the procedure for the selection of judges of the Constitutional Court, underwent its first reading in Parliament. However, it still contains serious flaws.
The Venice Commission issued its opinion on draft law No. 9322 on amendments to the procedure for the CCU judges selection.
