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ECHR considering case of manipulation of selection of judges of Supreme Court – Anti-Corruption Action Center
KYIV. Sept 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is considering the case on the claim of Judge Roman Brehey, which challenges violations during the formation of the Supreme Court in 2017, according to the Anti-Corruption Action Center.
According to the Center, the decision was made public on the court’s website on September 27.
Judge of the Kirovohrad Regional Administrative Court Brehey appealed to the ECHR against the decision of the High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ), adopted within the framework of a competition to the Supreme Court in March 2017.
"With this decision, the HQCJ revived ’43 candidates to the Supreme Court who did not score the minimum allowable score for a practical assignment, which means, according to the rules of the HQCJ itself, they should not have passed to the next stage of the competition," the press release says.
One of the key questions facing the ECHR is whether the HQCJ legally admitted to the next stage of the competition 43 candidates who did not score the minimum score.
"The decision of the ECHR may become the first document that at such a high level will record the violations committed by the HQCJ in the selection of judges of the Supreme Court. Until now, only experts and the participants in the competition have spoken about these violations, while the authorities have tried in every possible way to create a picture of the most transparent and fair selection," said the Anti-Corruption Action Center expert Halyna Chyzhyk.
