The Commission recommends secondment of 13 judges to other courts
On March 02, 2025, the First Chamber of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of secondment and early termination of secondment of judges.
For the attention of candidates for vacant positions of judges in administrative courts of appeal
Please be informed, that on March 12, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine decided to approve the coded results of the practical assignment, taken on February 24 – 25, 2025,
The issue of secondment of judges to Mezhivskyi District Court of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is scheduled for consideration
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.
Interviews with two judges were postponed
On March 11, 2025, a meeting of the Panel of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of studying the dossiers, conducting interviews and determining the results of the qualification evaluation of two local court judges for their suitability for the position held.
Based on the results of the meeting, the following decisions were made:
As of March 06, 2025, 164 persons have applied for participation in the selection and transfer to the local court
Please be informed, that starting from March 01, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine will continue to accept applications:
Testing of personal moral and psychological qualities and general abilities of 41 judges has been scheduled
Please be informed, that on March 07, 2025, the Commission decided to schedule testing of personal moral and psychological qualities and general abilities of 41 judges as part of the qualification evaluation for suitability for
For the attention of candidates for vacant positions of judges in the courts of appeal
The Commission plans to start considering the approval of the general results of the first stage of the qualification evaluation “Passing the Qualification Exam” for admission to the second stage “Dossier Study and Interview” of candidates who have successfully passed the qualification exam within the framework of the competition for vacant positions of judges in appeal courts announced by the Commission’s decision of September 14, 2023, №
To the attention of judges seconded without specifying a deadline for secondment to another court pursuant to paragraph 56 of Section XII “Final and Transitional Provisions” of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”
In order to exercise the powers within the framework of early termination of judge’s previous secondment, pursuant to paragraph 56 of Section XII “Final and Transitional Provisions” of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges” (without specifying the deadline for the secondment) and his simultaneous secondment, the Commission adopted a decision on March 05, 2025, according to which an additional list of local general courts with an excessive level of judicial workload was formed and, therefore, the
The issue of secondment of judges to the Leninskyi District Court of Mykolaiv City is scheduled for consideration
In accordance with part one of Article 55 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”, by a decision of the High Council of Justice adopted on the basis of a proposal from the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, a judge may, with his/her consent, be seconded to another court of the same level and specialization to administer justice.
Meeting of future candidates for the position of local court judges with members of the Commission in Kyiv
On February 28, 2025, a regional Q&A session of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine with lawyers interested in participating in the selection of judges to local courts took place in Kyiv.