Reforms in the area of justice: a regional council established in Dnipro

9 December 2018 | E-justice , Judiciary , Justice , Probation , Property rights protection
What are the challenges in justice in the regions? How to bring them to the central level? How to coordinate actions between regions?

Reforms in the area of justice: a regional council established in Dnipro

9 December 2018 | E-justice , Judiciary , Justice , Probation , Property rights protection
What are the challenges in justice in the regions? How to bring them to the central level? How to coordinate actions between regions?

“Ukraine is the only country where the civil society is part of the judicial reform”

6 December 2018 | Judiciary
With the launch of new procedures for the selection of judges to the new courts, check of their legal knowledge, integrity, etc., there are multiple discussions about whether the judicial reform is a success story or a failure. Both representatives of the legal community and the public are involved in the discussion.

“Ukraine is the only country where the civil society is part of the judicial reform”

6 December 2018 | Judiciary
With the launch of new procedures for the selection of judges to the new courts, check of their legal knowledge, integrity, etc., there are multiple discussions about whether the judicial reform is a success story or a failure. Both representatives of the legal community and the public are involved in the discussion.

“The budget of the court system is 50% of the actual need”, Head of the State Judicial Administration

30 November 2018 | Judiciary , Justice
The process of judicial remapping has been taking place in Ukraine since the end of last year. One hundred forty two local and appellate courts have been reorganized, under the presidential decree, into 74 district courts.

The EU Project "Pravo-Justice" Expert Team presented the Judiciary Selection and Evaluation Report

23 November 2018 | Judiciary
The EU Project "Pravo-Justice" Expert Team from Austria, Lithuania and the Netherlands assessed and made recommendations on the new judicial selection and evaluation procedures in Ukraine in view of best European practices.

The EU Project "Pravo-Justice" Expert Team presented the Judiciary Selection and Evaluation Report

23 November 2018 | Judiciary
The EU Project "Pravo-Justice" Expert Team from Austria, Lithuania and the Netherlands assessed and made recommendations on the new judicial selection and evaluation procedures in Ukraine in view of best European practices.

EU experts comment on selection of judges in Ukraine

23 November 2018 | Judiciary , Justice
“Since computers cannot make a final decision on who will be a good judge, we believe that certain discretion [the power of an official or government authority to make decisions on any issue as they wish] should be left to persons who are authorized to make decisions, for example, who are members of the HQCJ, and they should elect the best candidates for the post,” the press service of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (HQCJ) informed Ukrinform.