Today, on December 21, “Dzerkalo Tyzhnia” published a letter from the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine addressed to the HQCJ. The letter discusses the outcome of the citizenship verification for Roman Ihnatov and highlights the alignment of his information with data obtained from Russian databases.
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will consider Judge Vilchynskyi’s appeal to the High Qualification Commission of Judges. This development poses a potential threat to the overall integrity of the qualification assessment process.
The initiation of negotiations for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union marks a truly momentous occasion.
Yesterday, December 11, the Civil Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court elected judges Olha Stupak and Serhiy Pohribnyi to the Grand Chamber for a term of three years.
Today, on December 9, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law amending the procedures for selection, qualification assessment and other aspects of judicial careers (draft law No. 10140-д).
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.
In April, the commission responsible for recommending candidates for the High Council of Justice (HCJ) sent a list of potential appointees for vacant positions to the President. However, it is now September, and there is still no update.
Today, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the draft law on competition for the Service of Disciplinary Inspectors (No. 9483-2). It is on this draft law that the start of consideration of complaints against judges and their dismissals depends. Additionally, it introduces a competitive selection process for leadership positions within the Service, including the Head, Deputy Head, and Inspectors.
Tomorrow, the MPs can finally start the consideration of disciplinary complaints against judges. They are planning to vote on draft law No. 9261, which, in particular, proposes to provide the High Council of Justice with the opportunity to consider complaints as soon as the law on transparent competition for the Service of Disciplinary Inspectors is adopted.
On September 21, 2023, the Congress of Legal Scholars will be convened once again to elect one member of the High Council of Justice. The last Congress, which took place on June 2, 2023, could not elect anyone since none of the candidates got the majority of votes.
Today, representatives of the NGOs elected a new composition of the Public Integrity Council, which will help the renewed High Qualification Commission to form a decent judiciary. The third member of the PIC includes specialists of various profiles: lawyers, journalists, human rights defenders and other representatives of NGOs, who have been promoting justice and anti-corruption reforms for years.
Yesterday, on August 10, a draft resolution was registered, which cancels the decision of the Verkhovna Rada to restore the disciplinary function of the HCJ and ensure competition for the positions of disciplinary inspectors. The initiators were MPs of the “Batkivshchyna” party.
