By its decision of April 16, 2025, the Commission approved test questions and a database of practical assignments for the exam of a judge of the Civil Cassation Court of the Supreme Court as part of the qualification evaluation in connection with the imposition of a disciplinary sanction.
On April 14, 2025, the plenary meeting 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:
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.
When: April 24, 2025, from 12:00 to 14:00, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (HQCJU) will hold a meeting with potential candidates for 10 vacant positions of judges of the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC AC), and with candidates for participation in the upcoming competition to the HACC.
Where: Offline – at the premises of the High Anti-Corruption Court, 41 Beresteiskyi Avenue, Kyiv.
On April 10, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine held interviews and determined the results of the qualification evaluation of five local court judges for their suitability for the position held.
Based on the results of the qualification evaluation, the Commission made the following decisions:
On April 10, 2025, the Panel of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered a notification on information that may indicate the unreliability (including incompleteness) of the statements made by the judge in his or her integrity declaration.
On April 09, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in plenary session considered the issue of terminating the qualification evaluation of the judge of the Kirovskyi District Court of Kirovohrad City Oleksii Halahan to confirm his ability to administer justice in the relevant court.
Based on the results of the meeting, the Commission decided to terminate the qualification evaluation of the judge of Kirovskyi District Court of Kirovohrad City Oleksii Halahan.
On April 09, 2025, the First and Second Chambers of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered issues regarding the secondment and early termination of the secondment of judges, along with their simultaneous secondment.
Due to the excessive judicial workload, the Commission decided to submit a recommendation to the High Council of Justice for the secondment of the judge Nataliia Kovalenko from the Lysychanskyi Town Court of Luhansk Oblast to the Derhachivskyi Raion Court of Kharkiv Oblast for a period of one year.
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 April 08, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine held interviews and determined the results of the qualification evaluation of four local court judges for their suitability for the position held.
Based on the results of the meetings, the Commission made the following decisions:
