On March 26, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in plenary session considered the issue of determining the stage (phase) from which the evaluation of a judge for suitability for the position held continues and termination of the qualification evaluation of a judge for suitability for the position held.

Based on the results of the meeting, Commission made the following decisions:

On March 26, 2025, the First Chamber of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of early termination of judge’s secondment and his simultaneous secondment.

Please be informed, that on March 25, 2025, the Commission decided to schedule the second stage of testing personal moral and psychological qualities and general abilities as part of the qualification evaluation of judges for their suitability for the position held – an interview with a psychologist via video conference for 7 judges.

The duration of the interview is up to one hour.

According to part one of Article 55 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”, a judge may, with his or her consent, be seconded to another court of the same level and specialization to administer justice by a decision of the High Council of Justice adopted on the basis of a submission from the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine.

Please be informed, that the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine will consider the issues of early termination of secondment at the following address: 9, General Shapoval Street, Kyiv:

Please be informed, that starting from March 01, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine will continue to accept applications on:

According to part one of Article 55 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”, a judge may, with his or her consent, be seconded to another court of the same level and specialization to administer justice by a decision of the High Council of Justice adopted on the basis of a submission from the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine.

On March 20, 2025, a meeting of the Panel of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered notifications regarding information that may indicate the inaccuracy (including incompleteness) of statements made by judges in their integrity declarations.

Based on the results of the meeting, the Commission made the following decisions:

On March 19, 2025, the plenary meeting of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of establishing the fact that two judges refused to undergo a qualification evaluation for suitability for the position held and terminating the qualification evaluation of a judge for his/her position held.

Based on the results of the meeting, the Commission made the following decisions:

Please be informed, that on March 19, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine adopted a decision approving the decoded results of the practical assignment performed by the candidates in the competition held on February 26 and 27, 2025.