LAW OF UKRAINE

of April 8, 2014 No. 1188-VII

About recovery of trust to judicial authority in Ukraine

This Law determines legal and organizational basis of conducting special check of judges of courts of law (further - check of judges) as the temporary strengthened action with use of the existing procedures of consideration of questions of involvement of judges of courts of law to disciplinary responsibility and dismissal in connection with violation of the oath for the purpose of increase in the authority of judicial authority of Ukraine and trust of citizens to judicial branch of the power, recovery of legality and justice.

Section I General provisions

Article 1. Purpose of check of judges

1. The purpose of check of judges are:

1) approval of supremacy of law in society and legality in activity of the courts;

2) recovery of trust to judicial authority in Ukraine;

3) clarification of the facts testimonial of violation by judges of the oath, availability of the bases for involvement of judges to disciplinary or criminal liability;

4) approval in activities of judges of the principles of independence and impartiality.

Article 2. Review periods of judges

1. Judges are performed within one year from the date of forming of the structure of the Temporary special commission on check of judges of courts of law (further - the Temporary special commission) which is formed according to the procedure, determined by article 4 of this Law.

2. Applications for conducting check of individually certain judge (judges) according to article 3 of this Law are submitted by legal entities or physical persons in writing of the Temporary special commission within six months from the date of publication in the Golos Ukrainy newspaper of the message on its education and shall contain the following data:

1) the name (for legal entities) or name (surname, name, middle name for physical persons) person submitting the application, its location (for legal entities) or the residence (for physical persons), numbers of means of communication, e-mail addresses (in the presence);

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