The RPR experts have prepared a timeline of the judicial reform, as envisaged in the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine and the implementation laws. Below you can find the infographics with the necessary milestones of the judicial reform till 2020, and a more detailed explanation of every step of the reform.
The powers of the Minister of Justice and the Prosecutor General of Ukraine as members of the High Council of Justice are terminated.
Judges submit e-declarations on their assets.
The Public Integrity Council is formed. This body, consisting of representatives of the public sector, should provide public monitoring of the judges’ lifestyle and assist the High Qualification Commission of Judges in the assessment of professional ethics and integrity of judges and candidates for judges.
The judges of the Supreme Court of Ukraine and the judges of high specialized courts submit declarations on family relations and fair practice to the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine.
The judges of appeal courts submit declarations on family relations and fair practice to the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine.
A number of laws and amendments to procedural codes should be adopted:
Six members of the High Council of Justice are elected at the judges’ congress.
Only prosecutors (representing the state interests in court) or attorneys (with the exceptions established by law, acting as representatives in industrial disputes, social rights disputes, disputes regarding election and referendum, insignificant disputes, as well as representatives of minors or under-age persons and the persons declared incapable by court or those with limited capability) can act as representatives at the Supreme Court and the courts of cassation.
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine forms an interim qualification commission of private executors including seven persons, as well as an interim disciplinary commission of private executors including seven persons. The interim qualification commission and the interim disciplinary commission exercise the powers of the qualification commission and the disciplinary commission before the Congress of private executors of Ukraine convenes.
A unified register of debtors (a systematized database of debtors, which is part of the automated system of enforcement proceedings and is maintained to publish the information about unfulfilled property obligations of debtors in real time and to prevent the debtors from alienating property) is launched. The information about the debtors included into the unified register of debtors is open and published on the website of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. Regulations of the law on activity of private executors come into force.
A High Court on intellectual property is established and a competition to fill the vacancies of judges in this court is called.
The Ministry of Justice conducts constituent meetings of private enforcers in the regions and determines the procedure of their organization. Not later than in one month after the eight constituent meetings of private enforcers are conducted in the regions, the Ministry of Justice conducts the constituent meeting of private enforcers of Ukraine. The first constituent meeting of private enforcers of Ukraine establishes the Association of private enforcers of Ukraine, approves its statute, sets up the Council of private enforcers of Ukraine and the auditing committee, adopts the regulations on these agencies, and appoints the members of the Qualification commission and the Disciplinary commission.
The amount of wages (except for those who has not passed the qualification assessment yet) for the judges working at local courts is equal to 15 minimum wages, at the courts of appeal and higher specialized court – 25, the Supreme Court – 75.
The Parliament (instead of the President) is empowered to set up, reorganize, and liquidate courts.
The Court Protection Service is launched.
Only prosecutors (representing the state interests in court) or attorneys (with the exceptions established by law, acting as representatives in industrial disputes, social rights disputes, disputes regarding election and referendum, insignificant disputes, as well as representatives of minors or under-age persons and the persons declared incapable by court or those with limited capability) can act as representatives at the courts of appeal.
The High Council of Justice (instead of the President on recommendation of the High Council of Justice) is empowered to transfer judges from one court to another.
The amount of wages (except for those who has not passed the qualification assessment yet) totals for the judges working at local courts – 20, at the courts of appeal and higher specialized court – 30, the Supreme Court – 75 minimum wages.
Only prosecutors (representing the interests of state in court) or attorneys (with the exceptions established by law, acting as representatives in industrial disputes, social rights disputes, disputes regarding election and referendum, insignificant disputes, as well as representatives of minors or under-age persons and the persons declared incapable by court or those with limited capability) can act as representatives at the courts of first instance.
New members of the High Council of Justice, mostly elected by judges, are selected (appointed).
Ukraine might recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court on the basis of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The amount of wages (except for those who has not passed the qualification assessment yet) for the judges working at local courts is equal to 25 minimum wages, at the courts of appeal and higher specialized court – 40, the Supreme Court – 75.
During an indefinite period of time:
Timeline of the judicial reform: PDF
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