Ukraine is in a hurry to decide how the reform of the selection of CCU judges will be carried out. This is the first requirement for Ukraine on its way to joining the EU

Following the Venice Commission's comments, MPs registered draft law No. 9322, which improves the procedure for the competition for CCU judges enshrined in the law.

At the same time, ILI analysts have identified risks in this document that may call into question the transparency and apolitical nature of the future selection.

• In particular, the provisions of the draft law contain an internal conflict that may negatively affect the selection procedure of CCU judges and lead to unlawful rejections of candidates who have submitted the necessary documents for competitive selection.
• We also recommend not to fix the model of ranked voting and not to artificially limit the candidates' ability to become winners of the competition.

The Institute of Legislative Ideas supports the adoption of this draft law, provided that the identified shortcomings are eliminated. The full conclusion can be found here.

The alternative drafts are no better. They all contradict the conclusions of the Venice Commission in one way or another.

For example, MP Vlasenko's draft law proposes to exclude international experts from participating in the Advisory Group of Experts. This would undermine all previous developments threaten to disrupt the competition and ruin our prospects for EU membership. The Institute of Legislative Ideas opposes the adoption of alternative draft laws.

The text of the conclusions can be found here.