On March 30, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine completed the main period for accepting documents from candidates intending to participate in the selection process for the position of a local court judge (military personnel may submit documents until May 01, 2025, inclusive). This selection process has set a record for the number of participants, with 8,549 candidates applying for the position of a judge and 594 judges expressing their intention to be transferred to another court. 

On March 31, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in plenary session considered the issue of conducting interviews with winners of the competition for vacant judicial positions in the High Anti-Corruption Court, as part of the competition announced by the Commission on November 23, 2023.

Based on the results of the meeting, the Commission decided to recommend to the High Council of Justice the appointment of Olena Chernova and Tetiana Lytvynko as judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court.

On March 31, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in plenary session considered the issue of suitability of the judge of the Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv City Volodymyr Makarenko for the position held.

Based on the results of the meeting, the Commission decided to grant the request of a judge of the Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv City Volodymyr Makarenko and postpone the consideration of the issue until April 14, 2025.

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 March 27, 2025, the meetings of the Panels of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered notifications regarding information that may indicate the unreliability (including incompleteness) of the statements indicated by judges in their declarations of integrity.

Based on the results of the meeting, the Commission made the following decisions:

On March 27, 2025, at a meeting of the Panel of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, interviews were conducted and the results of the qualification evaluation of three judges of local courts for their suitability for the position held were determined.

Based on the results of the meeting, the following decisions were made:

On March 26, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in plenary session considered the issue of determining the stage (phase) from which the evaluation of a judge for suitability for the position held continues and termination of the qualification evaluation of a judge for suitability for the position held.

Based on the results of the meeting, Commission made the following decisions:

On March 26, 2025, the First Chamber of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of early termination of judge’s secondment and his simultaneous secondment.

Please be informed, that on March 25, 2025, the Commission decided to schedule the second stage of testing personal moral and psychological qualities and general abilities as part of the qualification evaluation of judges for their suitability for the position held – an interview with a psychologist via video conference for 7 judges.

The duration of the interview is up to one hour.

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.