On September 23, 2024, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered in plenary session the issue of suitability of judges of local and appellate courts for the positions held.
Following the meeting, the Commission made the decisions:
On September 19 and 20, Commission members Vitalii Gatseliuk and Ruslan Melnyk visited Lviv to take part in the X Lviv Criminal Justice Forum, organized by the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine.
This year’s event was dedicated to the topic “Ukrainian Criminal Justice in Post/War Paradigm”. During the forum, the participants discussed urgent issues arising in the law-based society in the context of war and hostile aggression.
On September 19, 2024, the Chairman of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, Andrii Pasichnyk, spoke at the XX regular Congress of Judges of Ukraine.
First of all, the Chairman of the Commission expressed his gratitude to the delegates of the Congress for the decisions taken the day before, in particular, the election of a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
On September 19, 2024, the Panels of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, at its meetings, held interviews and determined the results of the qualification evaluation of six local court judges for their suitability for the position.
During September 17-19, 2024, a bilateral meeting of representatives of Ukraine and the European Commission is taking place in Brussels (Belgium) to carry out an official screening of the compliance of Ukrainian legislation with EU law under negotiating Chapter 23 “Judiciary and Fundamental Rights”. The Ukrainian delegation was headed by Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration – Minister of Justice of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna.
On September 17, 2024, the Panels of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, at its meetings, held interviews and determined the results of the qualification evaluation of four local court judges for their suitability for the position held.
On September 16, 2024, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered in plenary session the issue of suitability of judges of local and appellate courts with the positions held.
Following the meeting, the Commission made the decisions:
On September 13, 2024, Chairman of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine Andrii Pasichnyk and Deputy Chairman Oleksii Omelian took part in a meeting with the heads of the appellate courts held at the Supreme Court.
The main focus of the meeting was on the current state of administration of justice in the courts and the problems of the functioning of the judiciary.
On September 12, 2024, the Panels of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, at its meetings, held interviews and determined the results of the qualification evaluation of three local court judges for their suitability for the position held.
Please be informed that on September 11, 2024, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine decided to schedule a qualification exam during the qualification evaluation within the framework of the competition for vacant positions of judges in the appellate court announced by the Commission’s decision of
September 14, 2023, № 94/zp-23 (as amended).
The following stages of the qualification exam are determined:
