Щодо питання притягнення суддів до дисциплінарної відповідальності

Abstract

Статтю присвячено правовим питанням притягнення суддів до дисциплінарної відповідальності. Проаналізовано підстави та порядок притягнення суддів до дисциплінарної відповідальності. Акцентовано увагу на дослідженні елементів юридичного складу вчиненого суддею дисциплінарного правопорушення. Сформульовано напрями вдосконалення чинного законодавства у сфері притягнення суддів до дисциплінарної відповідальності. The article is dedicated to legal issues of making judges disciplinary responsible. The grounds and procedure of making judges disciplinary responsible are analyzed in the article. The emphasis is placed on studying the elements of legal structure of a disciplinary offense committed by a judge. It was found out that, for a disciplinary offense, committed by a judge, disciplinary measures may be imposed on him in the form of: 1) a warning; 2) a reprimand - with the deprivation of the right to receive additional payments to the salary of a judge within one month; 3) a strict reprimand - with the deprivation of the right to receive additional payments to the salary of a judge within three months; 4) a submission of a temporary (from one till six months) removing from administration of justice - with the deprivation of the right to receive additional payments to the salary of a judge and obligatory sending of a judge to the National School of Judges of Ukraine for the completion of 28 training courses, determined by the authority conducting disciplinary proceedings against judges, and further qualification assessment to confirm the judge’s ability to administer justice in an appropriate court; 5) a submission regarding the transfer of a judge to a lower court; 6) a submission on the dismissal of a judge from his office. It has been established that disciplinary proceedings follow a complaint regarding a disciplinary offense of a judge (disciplinary complaint), or on the initiative of the Disciplinary Chamber or the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in cases stipulated by law. Disciplinary proceedings include the main stages: 1) preliminary examination and verification of a disciplinary complaint; 2) opening of a disciplinary case; 3) consideration of a disciplinary complaint and adoption of a decision to make or a refusal to make a judge disciplinary responsible. As a result of studying statistics data, it was concluded that the Supreme Council of Justice is much more effective while implementing powers to make judges disciplinary responsible than the High Council of Justice that worked earlier. The directions of improvement of current legislation in the field of making judges disciplinary responsible are formulated.