On May 09, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, sitting in Panels, considered the issue of admission to the selection (for the qualification exam) of 2,761 persons, including: 2,563 - candidates for the position of judge, 198 - judges.
On May 08, 2025, at the session of the First Chamber of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, the dossiers were examined, interviews were conducted, and the results of the qualification evaluation of four candidates for the positions of judges of administrative courts of appeal were determined.
Based on the results of the qualification evaluation, the Commission made the following decisions:
On May 08, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine sitting as a Panel, reviewed the materials of 885 persons regarding their admission to the selection process for the position of a local court judge (passing the qualification exam).
On May 07, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine continued to review materials on the admission of persons to participate in the selection for the position of a local court judge (passing the qualification exam). Today, the Panel has considered the admission of 1,826 persons.
On May 07, 2025, the First Chamber of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of early termination of secondment of judges with their simultaneous secondment.
The Commission decided to submit to the High Council of Justice a submission with a recommendation for the early termination of secondment and simultaneous secondment for a one-year term to the Prymorskyi District Court of Odesa City in respect of:
On May 06, 2025, the First Chamber of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine examined the dossiers, conducted interviews and determined the results of the qualification evaluation of four candidates for the positions of judges of administrative courts of appeal within the competition announced by the Commission on September 14, 2023.
Based on the results of the qualification evaluation, the Commission made the following decisions:
On May 06, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine started admission of persons to participation in the selection for the position of a local court judge (in the passing the qualification exam).
Today, the Panel considered the admission of 1,014 persons, including 886 candidates for the position of judge and 128 judges.
Please be informed, that on May 01, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine completed accepting applications and documents from candidates who are military personnel and intend to participate in the selection for the position of a local court judge. The number of people who submitted documents under the special procedure is 306.
In total, 9339 persons applied for the selection and transfer to a local court, including:
On April 28, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine determined the courts to be included in the first group of courts at the first stage of the competition for vacant positions of judges in general courts of appeal announced by the Commission’s decision of September 14, 2023 No. 94/zp-23 (as amended):
On May 05, 2025, the Panels of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine established the results of a special vetting of 15 candidates for the positions of judges in administrative courts of appeal within the competition announced by the Commission on September 14, 2023.
The Commission has found that no information was obtained during the special vetting process that would indicate non-compliance with the requirements for the position of judge by the following candidates:
