On June 6, 2024, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine will hold a press briefing “The First Year of the work of the new composition of the HQCJU” with the participation of Deputy Chairman of the Commission Ruslan Sydorovych, Secretary of the First Chamber Ruslan Melnyk, Secretary of the Second Chamber Serhii Chumak, members of the Commission Nadiia Kobetska and Roman Sabodash.

The briefing starts at 15:00.

Venue: High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (Kyiv, 9 General Shapoval St.).

On May 31, 2024, the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Legal Conflicts in the Application of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms” was held in Lviv, organized jointly by the Supreme Court and the OSCE Support Program for Ukraine within the framework of the Project “Assisting the Supreme Court and higher courts in implementing judicial reform and ensuring access to justice in times of war”.

To implement part one of Article 79-5 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”, the Commission has completed interviews with 434 candidates for the positions of judges within the competition for 560 vacant positions of judges in local courts announced on September 14, 2023.

On May 27, 2024, the plenary session of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of suitability of judges of local and appellate courts for their positions held.

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

On May 23, 2024, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, in Panels, held interviews with six winners of the competition for vacant positions of local court judges announced on September 14, 2023.

Based on the results of the interviews, the Commission decided to recommend for the appointment:

On May 20, 2024, the plenary session of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of suitability of judges of local and appellate courts for their positions held.

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

On May 15, 2024, the plenary session of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of terminating the qualification evaluation of two judges for their suitability for the position.

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

On May 13, 2024, the plenary session of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of suitability of judges of local and appellate courts for their positions held.

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

The meeting of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine was attended by three members of the Commission: Andrii Pasichnyk, Roman Sabodash, Serhii Chumak.

By the Decrees of the President of Ukraine of May 08, 2024, 114 judges were appointed to the positions of judges of local courts.

Based on the results of the qualification evaluation, 24 judges were appointed to 21 general courts (14 women and 10 men).

The average age of a judge appointed based on the results of the qualification evaluation is 41 years.

For 3–7 years, these judges had no power to administer justice.