Supreme Court of Ukraine

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The Supreme Court of Ukraine is the highest judicial body in the Ukrainian court system, responsible for ensuring the uniform application of law and serving as the final court of appeal in the country.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
appliesLaw Constitution of Ukraine ⓘ
international treaties of Ukraine ⓘ
laws of Ukraine ⓘ
appointedBy President of Ukraine (for some judges, according to law in force at time of appointment) ⓘ
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (for some judges, according to law in force at time of appointment) ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Ukraine ⓘ
buildingType government building ⓘ
composition judges of the Supreme Court ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
countryCapitalLocation Kyiv ⓘ
establishedInYear 1991 ⓘ
function ensuring consistency of judicial practice ⓘ
generalization of court practice ⓘ
interpretation of law in court decisions ⓘ
providing opinions on draft legislation affecting the judiciary ⓘ
review of court decisions in cassation ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Ukraine ⓘ
Law of Ukraine on the Judiciary and Status of Judges ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver administrative cases ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ
commercial cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Ukrainian ⓘ
hasPart Cassation Administrative Court ⓘ
Cassation Civil Court ⓘ
linked to: court of cassation

Cassation Commercial Court ⓘ
linked to: court of cassation

Cassation Criminal Court ⓘ
Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court ⓘ
hasWebsite https://supreme.court.gov.ua ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kyiv ⓘ
jurisdiction Ukraine ⓘ
legalStatus independent from legislative and executive branches ⓘ
legalSystem Ukrainian legal system ⓘ
locatedIn Kyiv ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ
nativeName Верховний Суд ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage uk ⓘ
precededBy Supreme Court of the Ukrainian SSR ⓘ
reformedInYear 2016 ⓘ
2017 ⓘ
reformPurpose to create a new Supreme Court with updated structure and selection of judges ⓘ
role court of final appeal in Ukraine ⓘ
ensures uniform application of law by courts of general jurisdiction ⓘ
highest judicial body in the system of courts of general jurisdiction of Ukraine ⓘ
shortName Supreme Court ⓘ
supervises lower courts of general jurisdiction in terms of uniform application of law ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minister of Justice of Ukraine → worksWith → Supreme Court of Ukraine ⓘ
judicial authorities of Ukraine → hasComponent → Supreme Court of Ukraine ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Ukrainian SSR → replacedBy → Supreme Court of Ukraine ⓘ
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine → coordinatesWith → Supreme Court of Ukraine ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ukraine → role → court of final appeal in Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Ukraine
High specialized courts of Ukraine → overseenBy → Supreme Court of Ukraine ⓘ
High specialized courts of Ukraine → mayBeReorganizedInto → cassation courts within the Supreme Court of Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Ukraine
appellate courts of Ukraine → below → Supreme Court of Ukraine ⓘ
administrative courts of Ukraine → hasLevel → Supreme Court of Ukraine ⓘ
administrative courts of Ukraine → finalAppealTo → Supreme Court of Ukraine ⓘ