A competition has been announced for 272 vacant judicial positions in local administrative courts
The High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine has announced the start of a competition to fill 272 vacant judicial positions in local administrative courts. Candidates and judges who were included in the relevant reserve list by a decision of the High Qualification Commission of Judges dated July 29, 2026, and who submitted their applications on time are eligible to participate.
The submission of documents will take place from August 20 to 25, 2026, and the ranking of participants will be determined on September 17 and 18 in Kyiv. The largest number of vacancies is available at the Kyiv City District Administrative Court—34 positions—as well as at the Dnipropetrovsk District Court—22 positions—and the Kyiv District Court—20 positions.
Source: Judicial and Legal Gazette.
The Council of Judges of Ukraine has announced an additional competition to select candidates for the selection committee that will be responsible for choosing members of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (HQCJ).
Previously, a lawsuit was filed against the High Council of Justice due to its inaction in the case of Judge Volodymyr Marmash. The High Council of Justice may be delaying the review of the complaint against the judge to allow him to evade accountability.
The judge in question committed gross violations bordering on disciplinary and criminal liability while considering a motion by BEB detectives to conduct a special pretrial investigation regarding A.V. Shevtsova, which was filed outside the time limits for the pre-trial investigation and beyond the judge’s lawful authority as provided for by the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The complaint against Marmash is that he issued his ruling after the pre-trial investigation period had already expired, which made it impossible to grant the motion in question. The only lawful option in such a situation was to return the motion; however, the judge failed to comply with the requirements of the law.
However, a series of inquiries from attorneys failed to break the deadlock caused by the unlawful inaction of the disciplinary inspector of the High Council of Justice, and the responses continue to state that the inspector did not designate the preliminary review of the complaint (the maximum possible deadline for which had already passed in December 2025) as a priority. According to the response from Lilia Yakimyak, deputy head of the Secretariat Department of the High Council of Justice, to a corresponding journalistic inquiry, no specific timeline has been provided for the completion of the disciplinary complaint against Volodymyr Yaroslavovych Marmash, a judge of the Lychakiv District Court of Lviv. Such a prolonged delay in reviewing the complaint may be a demonstration of collusion and a reluctance to hold accountable a “convenient” judge who willingly carries out tasks assigned by unscrupulous law enforcement officials.
