In accordance with part one of Article 55 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”, by a decision of the High Council of Justice adopted on the basis of a submission from the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, a judge may, with his/her consent, be seconded to another court of the same level and specialisation to administer justice.
Please be informed that the issue of submitting a request for a secondment (temporary transfer) for the administration of justice is scheduled for consideration at the meeting of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine:
- To Krasnohradskyi Raion Court of Kharkiv Oblast – 2 judges;
- To Ternivskyi Town Court of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – 1 judge.
The consideration of the issue will take place on February 26, 2025, at 10 a.m. at the premises of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (9, General Shapoval St., Kyiv).
A judge who has expressed an intention to be seconded to another court of the same level and specialisation must submit to the Commission an application in the prescribed form (available for download here in Ukrainian), which must be accompanied by:
1) a certificate in the prescribed form (available for download here in Ukrainian);
2) other documents that, in the judge’s opinion, may be taken into account when making a decision (if any).
The deadline for submitting documents is 7 days from the date of publication of this announcement.
The form of submission of documents is paper or electronic.
The documents may be submitted by the judge in person or sent by mail (including e-mail).
Documents are accepted at the address of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine:
Postal address: 9, General Shapoval Str., Kyiv, 03110;
e-mail: inbox@vkksu.gov.ua.
Time for personal submission of documents:
from Monday to Thursday from 08:00 to 12:00 and from 12:45 to 16:00;
on Fridays from 08:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 12:45 p.m. to 15:00 p.m.
Scanned images of paper documents sent by mail must be sent to the following
e-mail: inbox@vkksu.gov.ua not later than the next day after the date of their sending, together with a scanned image of the document confirming the relevant sending.
Judges wishing to send documents by e-mail must send the consent and other materials to the Commission’s e-mail in the form of an electronic document (signed with a qualified electronic signature).
The Procedure for the secondment of a judge to another court of the same level and specialisation (as a temporary transfer) is available at this link (in Ukrainian).
The latest information on judicial secondments is available on the page “Current Procedures” of the subsection “Judicial Secondments” of the section “Activities” of the official website of the Commission or by following this link (in Ukrainian).