On February 12, 2024, the plenary session of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of correspondence of judges of local and appellate courts to their positions held.
In accordance with paragraph two, part one of Article 88 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”, the decision to confirm the ability of a judge (candidate for the position of a judge) to administer justice in the relevant court shall enter into force from the date of adoption of this decision if it is supported by two-thirds of the votes of the appointed members of the Commission, but not less than nine votes.
Based on the results of the meeting, the Commission made the following decisions:
Name of the judge |
Name of the court |
Decision |
Liubov Miroschnychenko |
Slovianskyi City-Raion Court of Donetsk Oblast |
The qualification evaluation has been terminated |
Yurii Kozlov |
Zhovtnevyi District Court of Kryvyi Rih City |
Corresponds to the position held. To submit a recommendation to the High Council of Justice on the appointment of a judge. |
Valentyna Orlenko |
Cherkasy Circuit Administrative Court |
Corresponds to the position held. To submit a recommendation to the High Council of Justice on the appointment of a judge. |
Tymur Sitnikov |
Kostiantynivskyi City-Raion Court of Donetsk Oblast |
Corresponds to the position held. To submit a recommendation to the High Council of Justice on the appointment of a judge. |
Liudmyla Sheremetieva |
Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv City |
Postponed |
Nataliia Sharko
|
Henicheskyi Raion Court of Kherson Oblast |
Refused to pass the qualification evaluation for correspondence to the position held. To submit a motion to the High Council of Justice to dismiss a judge from her position |
Oleksii Honcharenko |
Mezhivskyi District Court of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
Does not correspond to the position held. To submit a motion to the High Council of Justice to dismiss a judge from her position |
Iryna Melnyk |
Zhovtnevyi District Court of Mariupol City |
Corresponds to the position held. To submit a recommendation to the High Council of Justice on the appointment of a judge. |
Dina Bielkina |
Baranivskyi Raion Court of Zhytomyr Oblast |
Corresponds to the position held. To submit a recommendation to the High Council of Justice on the appointment of a judge. |
Andrii Lohvinov |
Valkivskyi Raion Court of Kharkiv Oblast |
Corresponds to the position held. To submit a recommendation to the High Council of Justice on the appointment of a judge. |