Supreme Court Chief Justice Stanislav Kravchenko: "Before full-scale war began, I saw no need for separate military courts. However, I have drastically changed my position." The Parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy has recommended that the Rada adopt a bill on the specialization of judges for handling military and war crimes. In the explanatory note, the author of the document emphasizes that this approach—specialization of judges, as opposed to the specialization of courts—avoids contradictions with the Constitution of Ukraine and is less costly and organizationally burdensome. 8 207 45
Chief Justice of Supreme Court Stanislav Kravchenko: When regular checks are introduced, certain number of judges resign Over the past two years, during the full-scale phase of the war, the Supreme Court has repeatedly been at the epicenter of high-profile scandals. First, it was the dismissal of Judge Bohdan Lviv, after which, at the request of the then-Chairman of the Court, Vsevolod Kniazev, the remaining judges had to be checked for Russian citizenship. Later, it was a corruption scandal and the detention of Kniazev himself. 9 584 41 Society