02 Strengthening the authority of justice

Review of HQCJ recommendations on dismissal for incompetence

Review of decisions and submissions of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine on the dismissal of judges based on qualification assessment results due to unsuitability for the position held.

Submissions where I was rapporteur

The HCJ left all three HQCJ submissions allocated to me without consideration: by the time they were heard, the grounds for dismissal on assessment results no longer existed.

  1. Sharko N.A. Henicheskyi District Court, Kherson region
    left without consideration
    HQCJ submission
    12.02.2024
    HCJ decision
    21.01.2025
    Days
    295

    Why left without consideration: The judge had already been dismissed for a serious disciplinary offence.

    HCJ act ↗
  2. Verheles A.V. Vinnytsia District Administrative Court
    left without consideration
    HQCJ submission
    09.01.2025
    HCJ decision
    15.04.2025
    Days
    22

    Why left without consideration: The judge had already resigned at his own request.

    HCJ act ↗
  3. Vasylieva K.O. Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv
    left without consideration
    HQCJ submission
    29.01.2024
    HCJ decision
    21.07.2026
    Days
    876

    Why left without consideration: The Supreme Court quashed the HQCJ decision on which the submission was based. The long period is due to the HCJ twice adjourning the case pending the Supreme Court’s ruling.

    HCJ act ↗

All HQCJ dismissal submissions

The overall picture of how the High Council of Justice handled HQCJ submissions to dismiss judges found unsuitable for office following qualification assessment.

Submissions before the HCJ 69 · 3 of them, I was rapporteur
  • 19 dismiss
  • 13 refuse dismissal
  • 11 left without consideration
  • 26 still pending
Decisions on the merits
43 / 69
265 median review period, days
dismiss
19 / 43
44.2% of submissions ended in dismissal
Days
876 longest review, days
Judge and court Rapporteur HQCJ submission HCJ decision Days Outcome
Berlimova Yu.H. Henicheskyi District Court, Kherson region Bokova 15.01.2024 09.04.2024 57 dismiss
Bila-Kyselova A.A. Bilozerskyi District Court, Kherson region Melnyk 17.01.2024 30.04.2024 54 dismiss
Yanenko H.M. Velykonovosilkivskyi District Court, Donetsk region Lukianov 20.11.2023 14.05.2024 137 dismiss
Senatorov V.A. Marinskyi District Court, Donetsk region Bondarenko 19.02.2024 04.07.2024 94 dismiss
Otrosh I.M. Commercial Court of Kyiv Kandziuba 29.01.2024 10.10.2024 227 dismiss
Medvedskyi M.D. Marinskyi District Court, Donetsk region Popikova 05.02.2024 17.10.2024 220 dismiss
Sharko N.A. Henicheskyi District Court, Kherson region Maselko 12.02.2024 21.01.2025 295 left without consideration
Andriienko H.V. Oktiabrskyi District Court of Poltava Popikova 29.08.2024 21.01.2025 111 left without consideration
Nahorniuk Yu.V. Novohrad-Volynskyi City-District Court, Zhytomyr region Kovbii 25.03.2024 13.02.2025 265 refuse dismissal
Halahan O.V. Kirovskyi District Court of Kirovohrad Burlakov 22.10.2024 18.02.2025 117 dismiss
Sheiko T.I. Kyiv District Administrative Court Kotelevets 04.12.2024 18.02.2025 71 dismiss
Myroshnychenko O.V. Holosiivskyi District Court of Kyiv Kvasha 18.12.2023 04.03.2025 424 dismiss
Bordeniuk V.V. Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv Bondarenko 11.06.2024 04.03.2025 238 refuse dismissal
Shumeiko O.I. Obolonskyi District Court of Kyiv Popikova 28.10.2024 11.03.2025 105 refuse dismissal
Panchenko O.O. Avdiivskyi City Court, Donetsk region Melnyk 03.09.2024 20.03.2025 161 dismiss
Anisimova N.D. Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi City-District Court, Odesa region Bondarenko 04.12.2024 25.03.2025 84 dismiss
Yedamenko I.V. Pokrovskyi District Court, Dnipropetrovsk region Kvasha 18.12.2023 03.04.2025 454 dismiss
Denysiuk I.I. Luhynskyi District Court, Zhytomyr region Kovbii 30.07.2024 08.04.2025 20 dismiss
Opalynska O.P. Smilianskyi City-District Court, Cherkasy region Kvasha 15.01.2024 10.04.2025 430 dismiss
Verheles A.V. Vinnytsia District Administrative Court Maselko 09.01.2025 15.04.2025 22 left without consideration
Stupak S.V. Dzerzhynskyi District Court of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region (now Metalurhiinyi District Court of Kryvyi Rih) Melnyk 26.02.2024 01.05.2025 392 refuse dismissal
Yatsenko H.M. Lysianskyi District Court, Cherkasy region Burlakov 11.12.2023 20.05.2025 501 refuse dismissal
Stulen N.O. Lymanskyi City Court, Donetsk region Kvasha 19.03.2025 02.10.2025 174 dismiss
Butenko V.O. Fastivskyi City-District Court, Kyiv region Burlakov 19.02.2024 14.10.2025 561 dismiss
Tor Ye.M. Znamianskyi City-District Court, Kirovohrad region Kandziuba 23.07.2024 16.10.2025 415 refuse dismissal
Moliboha H.V. Druzhkivskyi City Court, Donetsk region Kvasha 19.03.2025 28.10.2025 196 left without consideration
Burda P.O. Petropavlivskyi District Court, Dnipropetrovsk region Kvasha 29.04.2025 30.10.2025 162 left without consideration
Lozynska M.I. Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv Bokova 29.01.2024 18.12.2025 658 left without consideration
Honcharenko O.O. Mezhivskyi District Court, Dnipropetrovsk region Kovbii 12.02.2024 24.02.2026 711 refuse dismissal
Yuriev O.Yu. Mezhivskyi District Court, Dnipropetrovsk region Usyk 09.01.2025 26.03.2026 401 refuse dismissal
Shcherbak D.S. Berdychivskyi City-District Court, Zhytomyr region Kvasha 26.11.2024 09.04.2026 464 dismiss
Mirinovych U.A. Ternopil District Administrative Court Kotelevets 10.12.2025 28.04.2026 92 refuse dismissal
Chernov D.Ye. Irpinskyi City Court, Kyiv region Sasevych 10.10.2024 21.05.2026 547 refuse dismissal
Dobrivska N.A. Kyiv District Administrative Court Kandziuba 20.04.2026 09.06.2026 40 left without consideration
Krutova O.M. Artsyzkyi District Court, Odesa region Bokova 02.12.2024 16.06.2026 519 refuse dismissal
Halahan O.V. Fortechnyi District Court of Kropyvnytskyi (formerly Kirovskyi District Court of Kirovohrad) Burlakov 22.10.2024 18.06.2026 602 left without consideration
Halatina O.O. Donetsk District Administrative Court Sasevych 17.01.2024 25.06.2026 864 dismiss
Dziuba O.A. Commercial Court of Kharkiv region Sasevych 16.12.2024 07.07.2026 526 left without consideration
Shtulman I.V. Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal Kotelevets 14.05.2026 07.07.2026 20 left without consideration
Vasylieva K.O. Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv Maselko 29.01.2024 21.07.2026 876 left without consideration
Boichuk A.Yu. Prymorskyi District Court of Odesa Kvasha 24.02.2025 28.07.2026 483 refuse dismissal
Havrylchenko Yu.V. Holoprystanskyi District Court, Kherson region Kvasha 17.09.2024 11.08.2026 659 dismiss
Semenova N.M. Apostolivskyi District Court, Dnipropetrovsk region Lukianov 08.08.2024 13.08.2026 702 refuse dismissal
Izovitova-Vakim O.V. Kharkiv District Administrative Court Moroz 18.01.2024 — — still pending
Shcherbakov V.V. Rivne District Administrative Court Kvasha 01.04.2024 — — still pending
Shevchenko A.V. Kyiv Regional District Administrative Court Kvasha 14.05.2024 — — still pending
Bonchev I.V. Fastivskyi City-District Court, Kyiv region Bokova 25.06.2024 — — still pending
Sereda K.O. Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv Melnyk 05.09.2024 — — still pending
Rychka S.O. Zavodskyi District Court of Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk region Usyk 10.10.2024 — — still pending
Khramtsov V.B. Balakliiskyi District Court, Kharkiv region Usyk 15.10.2024 — — still pending
Salo A.B. Rivne District Administrative Court Bondarenko 15.10.2024 — — still pending
Halonkina Yu.S. Oktiabrskyi District Court of Poltava Bondarenko 07.11.2024 — — still pending
Kovzel P.O. Kyiv District Administrative Court Kvasha 19.11.2024 — — still pending
Ivasivka A.P. Drohobytskyi City-District Court, Lviv region Moroz 26.11.2024 — — still pending
Lutsenko O.M. Obolonskyi District Court of Kyiv Bondarenko 18.11.2024 — — still pending
Kutsarov V.I. Ochakivskyi City-District Court, Mykolaiv region Usyk 23.01.2025 — — still pending
Ryzhyi O.A. Sarnenskyi District Court, Rivne region Burlakov 03.02.2025 — — still pending
Kliuchnyk A.S. Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv Popikova 18.12.2023 — — still pending
Serha S.M. Poltava District Administrative Court Bokova 16.01.2024 — — still pending
Makarenko V.V. Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv Kandziuba 28.04.2025 — — still pending
Skutelnyk P.F. Commercial Court of Kyiv region Usyk 29.04.2025 — — still pending
Motruk M.I. Vinnytskyi District Court, Vinnytsia region Kvasha 27.04.2018 — — still pending
Marulina L.O. Kyiv District Administrative Court Kvasha 25.09.2025 — — still pending
Boiaryntseva M.A. Kyiv District Administrative Court Kvasha 10.10.2025 — — still pending
Hutsaliuk O.V. Khersonskyi City Court, Kherson region Kvasha 04.12.2025 — — still pending
Rudyk I.V. Holosiivskyi District Court of Kyiv Burlakov 03.12.2025 — — still pending
Nahorianskyi S.I. Kyiv District Administrative Court Kvasha 09.02.2026 — — still pending
Nikushyn V.V. Kyievo-Sviatoshynskyi District Court, Kyiv region Spiridonova 16.04.2026 — — still pending
Smolii I.V. Kyiv District Administrative Court Popikova 30.06.2026 — — still pending

Source data (CSV)

Where the data comes from

  • Decisions on the merits come from the public register of HCJ acts at hcj.gov.ua; the rapporteur and the allocation date come from the HCJ internal case register. Every link has been checked to concern that particular judge.
  • The review period is the number of calendar days from automatic allocation of the submission to the rapporteur until the HCJ decision on the merits. It is not calculated for submissions still pending.
  • Halahan O.V. appears twice: the first dismissal decision was quashed by the Administrative Cassation Court, the matter was heard again, and the court had meanwhile been renamed.
  • Data as of 14 August 2026, the date my term of office ended.
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