There are no grounds to pay judicial remuneration to judges who have reached the age of 65
In order to avoid differences in practice and to prevent formation of different approaches to the payment of monetary allowances to judges who have reached the age of sixty-five, the High Council of Justice draws attention of heads of courts to the following.
According to Article 126 of the Constitution of Ukraine, the authority of a judge shall be terminated in the case of attaining the age of sixty-five. Article 120 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges” establishes that the powers of a judge shall be terminated the next day after he/she reaches the age of sixty-five. According to Article 125 of the said Law, the termination of the judge’s powers shall be deemed sufficient grounds for the termination of employment at the relevant court, and the court chairperson shall issue a relevant order.
Therefore, clear and unambiguous legislative norms do not provide any grounds for accruing and paying judicial remuneration to judges who have reached sixty-five years of age.
16 candidates from the Congress of Scholars apply for the positions of members of the HCJ
The Secretariat of the High Council of Justice has finished accepting documents from candidates for election to membership of the High Council of Justice by the Congress of representatives of higher education and research institutions in the area of law
Documents were submitted by 16 people. The list can be found in the section “Candidates for the HCJ”.
The date of the Congress is December 16, 2022.
The place of the Congress: Kyiv, st. Kioto, 19 (premises of the State University of Trade and Economics).
Despite the critical situation in the energy system, the HCJ stays on comms
In the conditions of shortages and savings in electricity due to the destruction of the country’s energy infrastructure as a result of enemy missile strikes, the High Council of Justice continues to work as usual.
Even in the current emergency circumstances, citizens can use additional contacts of the High Council of Justice, further to those already published on our official website:
additional hotline number: (098) 754-60-86;
alternate email address: inbox@ithcj.onmicrosoft.com
We also remind the telephone hotline number: (044) 481-06-26.
Activities of the HCJ Secretariat in figures for January-November 2022
The Secretariat of the High Council of Justice continues to perform its functions uninterruptedly in the conditions of martial law.
1 965 appeals from citizens and 255 requests for information were considered by employees of the Secretariat of the High Council of Justice during eleven months of 2022. For the period 2 738 appeals from citizens were received to the HCJ hotline at the telephone number: (044) 481-06-26.
Since the beginning of 2022, by the Secretariat employees there were prepared 2 205 cover letters on sending copies of the acts of the HCJ and its bodies; 4 605 copies of the acts of the HCJ, its bodies and members of the HCJ were issued; 3 930 pages of draft documents of the HCJ were edited.
During August-September 2022, at the request of the Ethics Council, the Secretariat employees scanned about 58 000 pages of cases (disciplinary complaints, annexes to complaints, decisions taken by the HCJ, its bodies and members of the Council, etc.).