Ukraine · Courts
Court structure of Ukraine
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Constitutional — Constitutional Court of Ukraine
- Eighteen judges; competitive selection since 2016.
- Supreme — Supreme Court
- Single apex court with cassation chambers and a Grand Chamber.
- Appellate — Appeal courts
- Regional appellate courts in general, commercial and administrative streams.
- First instance — Local general, commercial and administrative courts
- Three parallel first-instance streams.
- Specialised — High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC)
- Operating since 2019 with its own appeal chamber.
Every court in the hierarchy
- constitutionalKyivConstitutional Court of UkraineUkraine — constitutionality of laws and individual constitutional complaints
- supremeKyivSupreme Court of UkraineUkraine — cassation in civil, criminal, commercial and administrative cases
- specialisedKyivHigh Anti-Corruption Court of UkraineUkraine — high-level corruption cases investigated by NABU
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