Supreme Court of Ukraine

Supreme Court of Ukraine Верховний Суд України
Established	11 March, 1923
Jurisdiction	Ukraine
Location	Klov Palace, Kiev
Authorized by	Constitution of Ukraine

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The Supreme Court of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Верховний Суд України, Verkhovny Sud Ukrayiny) is the highest judicial body in the system of courts of general jurisdiction in Ukraine.

The Court derives its authority from the Constitution of Ukraine, but much of its structure is outlined in legislation. More detailed description of the Court's functions and authority may be found in the Law of Ukraine "On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges".

Structure

The Court consists of several judicial chambers (criminal, civil, administrative, and arbitration (commercial) cases). A separate panel considers military cases.

According to a judicial reform the Court will be consist of 20 justices who will sit en banc.

Appointments to the Court are made by the parliament and have no fixed time limit, nor is there a fixed number of appointments allowed. But each member of the Court (as far as each judge in Ukraine) is obligated to retire at the age of 65.

The Chairman of the Supreme Court is elected to office and dismissed from office by the Plenary Assembly of the Court by secret ballot.

In November 2011 the functions of Supreme Court where broadened; its number of judges became 48.

History

The Court was originally established on March 11, 1923. It moved into the 18th-century Klov Palace in 2003.

The overall trust in the Court in Ukraine is very low.

Sources and references

• Government of Ukraine – court overview

External links

• (Ukrainian) "Information web-site of the Supreme Court". http://www.scourt.gov.ua/. Retrieved 2006-07-04. 
• (English) "The High Arbitration Court of Ukraine (official site)". Archived from the original on 2006-05-15. http://web.archive.org/web/20060515170113/http://www.arbitr.gov.ua/en/index.php. Retrieved 2006-07-04. 
• (Ukrainian) Law of Ukraine "On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges", as amended