Today, Panel No. 1 of the High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ) admitted 35 out of 54 participants in the HACC judges competition to the qualification assessment. Namely, 13 candidates were admitted to the Appeals Chamber selection and 22 to the first instance of the HACC.
This accounts for 63% of the total number of participants considered.
The following people were admitted to the competition:
- Serhii Dovhal (HACC)
- Marian Mytsak (HACC)
- Hanna Mudretska (HACC)
- Serhii Rykov (HACC)
- Yurii Stetsiuk (HACC)
- Kostiantyn Shalota (HACC)
- Andrii Yunusov (HACC)
- Oleksandr Boiko (HACC)
- Roman Kuznetsov (HACC)
- Kyrylo Lehkykh (HACC)
- Anna Nadtochyyeva (HACC)
- Tamara Novikova (HACC)
- Volodymyr Shovkun (HACC)
- Iryna Borodina (HACC)
- Hennadii Valihurskyi (HACC)
- Serhii Ivaniv (HACC)
- Alla Olefir (HACC)
- Olena Roik (HACC)
- Olena Samoilenko (HACC)
- Iryna Stefanovych (HACC)
- Kostiantyn Kharakoz (HACC)
- Yakymiv Andrii (HACC)
- Oleksii Zaitsev (HACC AC)
- Tetiana Kryklyva (HACC AC)
- Vitalii Maliuk (HACC AC)
- Iryna Marshal (HACC AC)
- Natalia Ostrovska (HACC AC)
- Artur Koriak (HACC AC)
- Dmytro Movchan (HACC AC)
- Yevhenia Stratii (HACC AC)
- Tetiana Havryliuk (HACC AC)
- Liliya Darahan (HACC AC)
- Iryna Adamenko (HACC AC)
- Larysa Holnyk (HACC AC)
- Tetiana Kononenko (HACC AC)
The key reasons for the refusal of 19 participants were:
- submission of an irrelevant declaration of integrity (7 cases);
- non-submission of a statement of the absence of circumstances provided for in Article 7, Part 4 of the Law of Ukraine on the HACC (7 cases);
- lack of the required 7 years of work experience (6 cases);
- submission of an irrelevant declaration of family ties (2 cases).
In addition, one candidate worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2014, which excludes his right to hold the position of judge. Another could not confirm that he had received a full higher legal education.
Interestingly, two contestants were not admitted because they failed to confirm the level of proficiency in the state language. One of them passed the exam for proficiency in the state language and confirmed only the intermediate level, while the requirements for a judge dictate the need to be fluent in it. The other one did not provide the certificate.
The HQCJ divided candidates into subgroups and will admit them gradually. The next meeting of the commission will be held on May 9, when another 62 candidates are scheduled to be considered. In total, the HQCJ has to consider the admission of 184 candidates out of 238 who applied for the competition.
Admitted candidates will undergo a qualification assessment, which is a key stage of competitive selection. During it, the HQCJ, together with the Public Council of International Experts (PCIE), will establish the compliance of admitted candidates with the criteria of competence, professional ethics, and integrity.
Yesterday, on April 29, the HQCJ appointed the Public Council of International Experts, which will help the HQCJ conduct quality and impartial qualification assessments of candidates admitted to the competition. The Council included 6 foreign experts from the USA, Lithuania, Estonia, the Netherlands, and Canada.
