Corruption remains a destabilizing factor for the judicial system in Ukraine, Head of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) Gianni Buquicchio has said.
The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday finished considering applications to dismiss judges for oath violations: deputies approved orders to dismiss 29 out of 33 judges in four and a half hours.
The Constitutional Court has announced that the decision on restricting the maximum amount of pensions totaling UAH 10,740 for retired judges is unconstitutional.
The majority of Ukrainian judges do not meet the requirements of the position they hold, because over 40% of them failed to pass the qualification assessment.
High Judicial Council at its session on December 24th has sacked 276 judges of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city for their breaches of oath.