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The High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine reported on the first year of work

On June 06, 2024, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine conducted a briefing at which the members of the Commission summarized the results of the first year of work and identified priorities in their activities.

During this period, the Commission held 334 meetings and considered 874 issues (224 – in meetings of the First and Second Chambers; 299 – in panels; 351 – in plenary sessions). 

The second meeting of the Steering Committee of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine was held with the participation of the Commission members

On June 05, 2024, the second meeting of the Steering Committee of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine “Resilience, Recovery and Reconstruction” was organized by the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. The High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine was represented by the Deputy Chairman of the Commission Ruslan Sydorovych, and member of the Commission Oleh Koliush.

The USAID “Justice for All” Program provided international technical assistance to the Commission

On June 03, 2024, during the meeting of the Deputy Chairman of the Commission Ruslan Sydorovych with the Leading Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law Specialist of the Department of Democracy and Governance at the USAID Mission to Ukraine Jay Totte, Chief of Party of the USAID “Justice for All” Program David Vaughn and the Program’s legal advisor Marta Hlomb, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine received equipment for media classes from the Program under the international technical assistance

Announcement. Briefing on the results of the first year of the work of the new composition of the HQCJ

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.).

Commission members participated in the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Legal Conflicts in the Application of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms”

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”.

Commission recommends the appointment of three winners of the competition to the position of a judge, three were rejected in a recommendation

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: