On October 29, 2024, the event “Ukraine’s Path to the EU: Key findings from the Shadow Report on Title 23 “Justice and Fundamental Rights” and the Second EU-Ukraine Bilateral Session on Chapter 23 (Cluster 1 “Fundamentals of the EU Accession Process”)” took place in Kyiv, organized with the support of the EU Project “Pravo-Justice” and a coalition of civil society organizations.

On October 29, 2024, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine held interviews and determined the results of the qualification evaluation of six local court judges for their suitability for the position and the results of the initial qualification evaluation of one judge.

Based on the results of the qualification evaluation, the Commission made the following decisions:

In an interview with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, the Commission members Vitaliі Gatseliuk and Ruslan Sydorovych spoke about their participation in a bilateral meeting between representatives of Ukraine and the European Commission on the official screening of the compliance of Ukrainian legislation with EU law on September 17, 2024.

On October 28, 2024, the plenary meeting of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of suitability of local and appellate court judges for the positions held.

Following the meeting, the Commission made the following decisions:

On October 22, 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 judges of local courts for their suitability for the position.

On October 22, 2024, the Panels of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of inaccuracy (including incompleteness) of the statements made by judges in the declaration of integrity.

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

On October 21, 2024, the plenary meeting of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of compliance of a judge of Liubarskyi Raion Court of Zhytomyr Oblast Pavlo Hutsal with the position held.

The Commission adjourned its consideration of this issue.

On October 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 six judges of local courts for their suitability for the position.

On October 16, 2024, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in plenary meeting considered the issue of termination of the qualification evaluation of three judges for suitability for their positions.

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

On October 15, 2024, the Panel of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of inaccuracy (including incompleteness) of the statements made by judge of Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeals (now the Third Administrative Court of Appeal) Serhii Chumak in the declaration of integrity of a judge for 2016.