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Gumenyuk and Others v. Ukraine - 11423/19

Article 6
Former Supreme Court of Ukraine judges’ inability to contest the prevention from exercising their judicial functions after legislative reform: violation

Article 8
Unlawful prevention of former Supreme Court of Ukraine judges from exercising judicial functions after legislative reform: violation

Facts – Following legislative amendments in 2016 the Supreme Court of Ukraine (SCU) was liquidated and replaced by the new Supreme Court (SC), in which the posts were filled exclusively by way of competition. The eight applicants were SCU judges and as a result of the amendments, since the beginning of the SC’s operation in December 2017, they were prevented from exercising judicial functions without their formal dismissal. This was despite a ruling on 18 February 2020 by the Constitutional Court, following a challenge by the plenary SCU, declaring the relevant legislative measures unconstitutional and confirming the validity of the applicants’ tenure.

…that the respondent State is to pay each applicant, within three months from the date on which the judgment becomes final in accordance with Article 44 § 2 of the Convention, EUR 5,000 (five thousand euros)…

Зважаючи на рішення стосовно люстрації, ліквідація Верховного Суду України (2017) обійдеться нам лише у виплату 8 суддям по 5 тис. євро. Ось вам і реформи по-українськи: робіть, що хочете, апелюйте до попередників і платіть компенсації. А потім дивуйтесь, чому про rule of law ніхто не чув і не знає.