On August 25–26, 2023, the USAID Justice for All Program conducted a training on “Assessment of Financial Integrity of Judges and Candidates for the Position of a Judge” for the members of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in Kyiv.
On August 24, 2023, the Chairman of the Commission Roman Ihnatov met online with the representatives of the EU Delegation to Ukraine and the EU “Pravo-Justice” Project.
The purpose of the event was to discuss work priorities and confirm the intention to continue cooperation between the Commission and the EU Delegation to Ukraine.
On August 14, 2023, a meeting of representatives of public associations was held at the premises of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, where 20 members of the Public Integrity Council were elected.
The meeting was attended by public associations that were determined by the Commission to meet the requirements of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”.
Member of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine Vitalii Gatseliuk participated in the XI Summer School on Constitutional Law “Rule of Law and Constitutionalism”, which took place on August 6-13, 2023 in the village of Polyana, Zakarpattia region. The event is traditionally held in cooperation with the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
At the meeting of the Second Chamber of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine held on August 2, 2023, the issue of submitting a recommendation to second judges to another court of the same level and specialization for the administration of justice, as well as early termination of the judges’ secondment, was considered.
On July 27, 2023, at the meeting of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, the issue of compliance of public associations that submitted documents to the Commission with the requirements for participation in the meeting of representatives of public associations to establish the Public Integrity Council was considered.
Please be informed that on August 1, 2023, the Commission approved the new versions of the ratings of candidates for the position of a judge and reserves for filling vacant positions of local court judges.
Rating of candidates for the position of a judge:
In early July, MPs registered draft law No. 9454, which amends the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”.
On July 28, 2023, the Chairman of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, Roman Ihnatov, took part in a meeting on the administration of justice under martial law held at the Supreme Court.
The High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine has supplemented the draft agenda of the meeting scheduled for August 16, 2023, at 13:00 with an additional issue: “On the secondment of judges to the Babushkinskyi District Court of Dnipropetrovsk”.
