Decides the constitutionality of laws and, since the 2016 reform, individual constitutional complaints against a law applied in a final judgment. Judges are now selected competitively with an Advisory Group of Experts including international members, a condition of EU accession progress.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- constitutional
- Court type
- Constitutional court
- Jurisdiction
- Ukraine — constitutionality of laws and individual constitutional complaints
- Seat
- Kyiv
- Composition
- Up to eighteen judges appointed in equal thirds by the President, the Verkhovna Rada and a congress of judges for nine-year terms.
- Languages
- Ukrainian
Where an appeal goes next
None; its decisions are binding and final.
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