On January 11, the long-awaited Congress of Judges will be held to elect eight new members of the High Council of Justice.
Unfortunately, there will be many “stars” among the judges entrusted with this crucial duty.
On January 11, the long-awaited Congress of Judges will be held to elect eight new members of the High Council of Justice.
Unfortunately, there will be many “stars” among the judges entrusted with this crucial duty.
Over two days, the judges elected the worst among the 16 candidates recommended by the Ethics Council. The judges also demonstrated their unpreparedness for real agents of change in the judicial system.
Today, the Congress of Judges elected five members of the HCJ: Yuliya Bokova, Alla Kotelevets, Hryhoriy Usyk, Oleksandr Sasevych and Olha Popikova.
The Verkhovna Rada invited international partners to nominate experts to participate in the selection of judges of the CCU. However, the introduced selection procedure poses a serious threat of political control over the institution.
The European Commission expects that the Ukrainian authorities will take into account the recommendations of the Venice Commission
On December 21, the Selection Commission published a short list of 64 candidates for the High Qualification Commission of Judges, who will proceed to the interviews — the next stage of selection. We are glad to see many decent candidates on the list.
The President signed the law, which introduced amendments to the selection procedure of the CCU judges. Despite the recommendations of the Venice Commission and despite calls from the public to veto the draft law.
Today, on December 20, President Zelensky signed the law on changing the procedure for selecting judges of the CCU (draft law № 7662), adopted by the Verkhovna Rada last week.
The Venice Commission has published an updated opinion on the infamous draft law No. 7662, which the Verkhovna Rada adopted last Tuesday.
On Tuesday, December 13, the Verkhovna Rada adopted draft law No. 7662 on the reform of the Constitutional Court in the second reading. The adopted version does not take into account the recommendations of the Venice Commission.
While Ukrainians are celebrating the liquidation of the country’s most corrupt court, the question is, what next? After all, the liquidation of the DACK is only the first step. Here we answer the most common questions.
The Parliament has finally adopted the “urgent” draft law № 5369 on the liquidation of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv.
