The round table on “The Future of the Judiciary: Discussion of Draft Amendments to Judicial Career Procedures” was held in Kyiv on November 7, 2023. The High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine was represented by its Chairman Roman Ihnatov, Deputy Chairman Ruslan Sydorovych, and members of the HQCJ Roman Sabodash, Liudmyla Volkova, Vitalii Gatseliuk, Oleh Koliush, Andrii Pasichnyk, Halyna Shevchuk, Oleksii Omelyan, Ruslan Melnyk, and Roman Kydysiuk.

Members of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine Ruslan Melnyk, Vitalii Hatseliuk and Oleh Koliush took part in the IX Lviv Criminal Justice Forum (hereinafter – the Forum) held on 27-28 October 2023 in Lviv with the support of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Co-organizers were also the State Bureau of Investigation and Lviv State University of Internal Affairs.

On October 27, 2023, the Chairman of the Commission Roman Ihnatov, the Deputy Chairman of the Commission Ruslan Sydorovych, and the Head of the Secretariat of the Commission Olena Ponomarenko held a working meeting with the Chairman of the High Anti-Corruption Court Vira Mykhailenko.

We would like to inform you that on November 6, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. in the premises of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (Kyiv, 9 General Shapoval St.), the following issues will be considered:

We would like to inform you that on November 8, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. in the premises of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (Kyiv, 9 General Shapoval St.) the issue of the secondment of the following judges will be considered:

On October 25, 2023, at the meeting of the Second Chamber of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, the issue of submitting a submission with a recommendation for the secondment of Andrii Lytvynov, a judge of the Kupiansk City District Court of Kharkiv Region, was considered.

At the meeting of the First Chamber of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine held on October 25, 2023, the Commission considered the issue of recommending Andrii Kulikov for transfer to another court.

Based on the results of the meeting, the Commission decided to recommend Andrii Kulykov for transfer to the position of a judge of the Dnipropetrovs'k District Administrative Court.

The Commission Member Roman Sabodash took part in the EU-Ukraine Dialogue on Intellectual Property Rights on October 19, 2023.

The event was also attended by representatives of the European Union, the High Council of Justice, the state organization “Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations”, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, and other authorities.

The First Chamber of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the admission of candidates to participate in competitions for 35 vacant positions of local court judges and 7 vacant positions of judges in local general courts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions based on the results of a special background check on 18 October 2023.

The High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in connection with the appeal of the Public Integrity Council decided to postpone consideration of the following issues: