The High Council of Justice decided to dismiss, due to the submission of resignation letters:
- Liudmyla Stepanova – from the position of judge of the Commercial Court of Odesa Region;
- Viacheslav Lesyk – from the position of judge of the Kovel City District Court of Volyn Region;
- Zemfira Baranovska – from the position of judge of the Southern City Court of Odesa Region;
- Lolitta Ivasiuta – from the position of judge of the Lutsk City District Court of Volyn Region;
- Vitalii Kalynovskyi – from the position of judge of the Second Administrative Court of Appeal.
The HCJ also decided to dismiss Olena Yuriivna Semeniuta from the position of judge of the Boryspil City-District Court of Kyiv Oblast at her own request.
On October 21, 2025, the High Council of Justice elected the secretaries of the First and Second Disciplinary Chambers for a two-year term:
- Alla Kotelevets – Secretary of the First Disciplinary Chamber;
- Roman Maselko – Secretary of the Second Disciplinary Chamber.
HCJ submits to President of Ukraine proposals on appointment of 51 judges to appellate courts:
- Svitlana Volodymyrivna Ivanchuk – to the position of judge of the Western Appellate Commercial Court;
- Mykhailo Vasylovych Slobodoniu – to the position of judge of the Seventh Appellate Administrative Court;
- Oksana Yuriivna Sop’ianenko – to the position of judge of the Central Appellate Commercial Court;
- Maryna Oleksandrivna Semenenko – to the position of judge of the Second Appellate Administrative Court;
- Oleksii Petrovych Mandziy – to the position of judge of the Eighth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Mariia Volodymyrivna Khabarova – to the position of judge of the North-Western Appellate Commercial Court;
- Yuliia Oleksandrivna Tereza – to the position of judge of the Sixth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Lina Oleksandrivna Fomina – to the position of judge of the Second Appellate Administrative Court;
- Maryna Mykolaivna Kosolap – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Dmytro Volodymyrovych Kuznetsov – to the position of judge of the Zhytomyr Appellate Court;
- Oksana Leonidivna Chebotarenko – to the position of judge of the Zhytomyr Appellate Court;
- Svitlana Volodymyrivna Dehtiarova – to the position of judge of the Fifth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Viktor Oleksandrovych Rzhepetskyi – to the position of judge of the Western Appellate Commercial Court;
- Vita Ivanivna Basova – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Taras Ivanovych Borshovskyi – to the position of judge of the Eighth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Hovorun – to the position of judge of the Sixth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Stanislav Viktorovych Zlatin – to the position of judge of the Sixth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Olha Ivanivna Tereshchenko – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Andrii Valeriiovych Tomchuk – to the position of judge of the Seventh Appellate Administrative Court;
- Tetiana Mykolaivna Dymarchuk – to the position of judge of the Eighth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Pavlo Ihorovych Sala – to the position of judge of the Eighth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Serhii Yevhenovych Chaplian – to the position of judge of the Northern Appellate Commercial Court;
- Hanna Petrivna Kazanchuk – to the position of judge of the Fifth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Dmytro Serhiiovych Terletskyi – to the position of judge of the Fifth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Viktoriia Anatoliivna Holub – to the position of judge of the Fifth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Maryna Viktorivna Shcherbachenko – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Taras Yaroslavovych Ryma – to the position of judge of the Western Appellate Commercial Court;
- Nina Leontiivna Stepaniuk – to the position of judge of the Western Appellate Commercial Court;
- Serhii Cheslavovych Zhelne – to the position of judge of the Eastern Appellate Commercial Court;
- Oksana Ivanivna Kucherenko – to the position of judge of the Central Appellate Commercial Court;
- Rostyslav Mykolaiovych Moskal – to the position of judge of the Eighth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Oksana Hnatovna Popova – to the position of judge of the Sixth Appellate Administrative Court;
- Kostiantyn Oleksandrovych Yaremchuk – to the position of judge of the Seventh Appellate Administrative Court;
- Andrii Oleksandrovych Kolodiazhnyi – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Hryhorii Volodymyrovych Dzhepa – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Anna Oleksandrivna Zamchenko – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Alina Ivanivna Shynkarenko – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Andrii Oleksandrovych Koshlii – to the position of judge of the Central Appellate Commercial Court;
- Serhii Vitaliiovych Martyniuk – to the position of judge of the Central Appellate Commercial Court;
- Yuliia Hennadiivna Romaniuk – to the position of judge of the North-Western Appellate Commercial Court;
- Roman Mykolaiovych Kolesnyk – to the position of judge of the Northern Appellate Commercial Court;
- Oksana Volodymyrivna Yaresko – to the position of judge of the Central Appellate Commercial Court;
- Tetiana Vasylivna Stefaniv – to the position of judge of the Central Appellate Commercial Court;
- Olena Mykolaivna Skovorodina – to the position of judge of the Northern Appellate Commercial Court;
- Volodymyr Borysovych Bondar – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Nataliia Anatoliivna Pavlenko – to the position of judge of the South-Western Appellate Commercial Court;
- Viktoriia Anatoliivna Pankeieva – to the position of judge of the Zhytomyr Appellate Court;
- Alla Petrivna Sydorenko – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Nataliia Oleksandrivna Sokolova – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Oksana Mykolaivna Chernykh – to the position of judge of the Sumy Appellate Court;
- Artem Mykolaiovych Vysotskyi – to the position of judge of the Central Appellate Commercial Court.
On October 21, 2025, the High Council of Justice decided to submit to the President of Ukraine a proposal on the appointment of Lesia Yaroslavivna Rybka to the position of judge of the Bohorodchany District Court of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
Judge of the Solonianskyi District Court of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Oleksandr Kitov (seconded to the Halych District Court of the city of Lviv) has been temporarily suspended from administering justice based on a decision of the Second Disciplinary Chamber of the High Council of Justice. The Second Disciplinary Chamber of the High Council of Justice adopted the decision to hold the judge disciplinarily liable and apply a disciplinary sanction in the form of a proposal for dismissal from office on October 22, 2025.
Deputy Head of the High Council of Justice Oksana Kvasha took part in an event dedicated to the public presentation of the shadow report to Chapter 23 “Judiciary and Fundamental Rights” and Chapter 24 “Justice, Freedom and Security” of the European Commission Report on Ukraine’s progress in the field of European integration.
On October 28, 2025, the High Council of Justice temporarily suspended from administering justice a judge of the Maryinka District Court of Donetsk Oblast, seconded to the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of the city of Zaporizhzhia, in connection with being brought to criminal liability until a court verdict enters into force or the criminal proceedings are closed. The judge is suspected of committing a criminal offense under Part 3 of Article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, namely justifying, denying the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine that began in 2014, justifying the temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine, committed by an official repeatedly.
The High Council of Justice, together with the EU Project “Pravo-Justice”, held a roundtable on the topic “The State of Judicial Independence in the Context of Ukraine’s European Integration”. The event served as a platform for discussing key challenges and priorities in ensuring judicial independence as one of the fundamental criteria for bringing Ukraine closer to European Union standards.
The website of the High Council of Justice has published the Statement on the results of candidates for the position of Head of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine performing an open-type situational task and the Rating of candidates for the position of Head of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine based on the results of performing an open-type situational task.
Partnership issues in the field of justice were discussed during a meeting between HCJ Chair Hryhorii Usyk and HCJ members with magistrates of the High Council for the Judiciary of the French Republic — Jean-Baptiste Gacké, President of the Chamber of the Nancy Court of Appeal, and Laurent Feccar, Deputy Prosecutor at the Montpellier Court — as well as Brian O’Moore, member of the Courts Service of Ireland and the Executive Committee of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary, and François Cottelet, Political Counsellor of the Embassy of the French Republic in Ukraine. The parties discussed the work of councils for the judiciary in France, Ireland and Ukraine, disciplinary procedures, funding of the judiciary and ways to strengthen the independence of judges. The magistrates shared experience in disciplinary liability of judges and personnel selection, while HCJ representatives noted the value of European practices for reforming justice within the framework of European integration.
Psychometric testing of leadership qualities for candidates for SSAU head position to take place
On November 6, 2025, psychometric testing of leadership qualities of candidates for the position of Head of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine will be held at the premises of the High Council of Justice (Kyiv, 12-A Studencheska Street).