The Commission’s decision of January 29, 2025, amended the guidelines for evaluation of the practical assignment on criminal specialisation completed by candidates for the positions of judges of appeal courts during the qualification exam, approved by the Commission’s decision of July 17, 2024,  № 228/zp-24.

On January 29, 2025, the Commission adopted a decision to appoint Pavlo Kulyk as Deputy Head of the Secretariat for digital development, digital transformations, and digitalization of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, from
February 05, 2025.

Pavlo Kulyk has also been assigned the third rank of public service.

Please be informed, that on February 06, 2025, at 10 a.m. the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (9, General Shapoval Str., Kyiv) will hold a special joint meeting with the Public Council of International Experts to consider the issue of suitability of candidates for the positions of judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court as a court of first instance for the criteria set forth in part four of Article 8 of the Law of Ukraine “On the High Anti-Corruption Court”:

On January 27, 2025, the plenary meeting of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of suitability of judges of local and appeal courts for their positions held

In accordance with Part 1 of Article 55 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges” based on a decision of the High Council of Justice adopted upon the submission of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, a judge may, with his/her consent, be seconded to another court of the same level and specialization to administer justice.

The decision of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine of
January 23, 2025 announced a competition for vacant positions of judges in the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court and approved the terms and conditions of the competition, according to which:  

On January 23, 2025, the Panel of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine conducted an interview as part of the qualification evaluation of a local court judge for the position held.

On January 22, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in plenary session considered the issue of terminating the qualification evaluation of a judge of the Prymorskyi District Court of Odesa City Yulia Sviachena.

Based on the results of the meeting, the Commission decided to terminate the qualification evaluation of Judge Yulia Sviachena for suitability for the position held and to confirm her ability to administer justice in the Prymorskyi District Court of Odesa City.

Please be informed that on January 22, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine adopted a decision approving the coded and decoded results of the cognitive abilities test conducted on January 16 and 17, 2025, by candidates applying for vacant judicial positions in administrative and commercial courts of appeal within the framework of the competition announced by the Commission’s Decision №  94/zp-23 of September 14, 2023 (as amended).

Please be informed that on January 22, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine adopted a decision to admit 203 candidates who successfully passed the cognitive abilities test to the third stage of the qualification exam within the framework of the competition for vacant judicial positions in the appeal courts, as announced by the Commission’s Decision