Expected strategic result 2.1.2.1. The High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, the High Council of Justice, together with the bodies involved in the assessment, judicial self-government bodies and the public have developed and implemented clear and predictable criteria (indicators) of integrity and professional ethics for the qualification assessment of judges and selection of new judges

The findings of the analysis of the practice of evaluating judges (candidates for the position of a judge) for conformity to the criteria of integrity and professional ethics (in particular, taking into account the relevant judicial practice) have been prepared and published by:
a) the Public Council on Integrity (2.5 percent);
b) the Public Council of International Experts (2.5 percent);
c) the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (2.5 percent);
d) the High Council of Justice (2.5 percent).

A law has taken effect, which provides for the approval of the unified criteria (indicators) of evaluation of integrity and professional ethics of a judge as well as integrity of a candidate for the position of a judge during all procedures of selection and evaluation of judges. The qualification evaluation procedures shall not lead to re-evaluation of judges who have passed such qualification evaluation during the initial qualification evaluation procedures, competitive selection or hiring procedures.

The unified criteria (indicators) for evaluating the integrity and professional ethics of a judge as well as the integrity of a candidate for the position of a judge:
a) have been developed by the High Council of Justice, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, the Public Council on Integrity taking into account the professional profile of the judge as well as the best practices identified based on the findings of the analysis of the practices of evaluation of judges for conformity to the criteria of integrity and professional ethics and evaluation of candidates for the position of a judge – for conformity to the criterion of integrity (9 percent);
b) have been developed through consultations among the High Council of Justice, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, the Public Council on Integrity, the Council of Judges of Ukraine, and NGOs (9 percent);
c) have been approved (9 percent);
d) have been made public (9 percent);
e) are used by the High Council of Justice, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, and the Public Council on Integrity (9 percent).

at least 80 percent of justice experts estimate that:
a) the unified criteria (indicators) of evaluation of integrity and professional ethics of a judge as well as the criterion (indicator) of integrity of a candidate for the position of a judge applied in practice fully or for the most part take into account the professional profile of the judge as well as the best practices of pre-evaluation of judges for conformity to the criteria of integrity and professional ethics and evaluation of candidates for the position of a judge – for conformity to the criterion of integrity at the High Council of Justice, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, and the Public Council on Integrity (5 percent);
b) the unified criteria (indicators) of evaluation of integrity and professional ethics of a judge as well as the criterion (indicator) of integrity of a candidate for the position of a judge applied in practice are comprehensive and address all of the essential aspects (5 percent);
c) the unified criteria (indicators) of evaluation of integrity and professional ethics of a judge as well as the criterion (indicator) of integrity of a candidate for the position of a judge are consistently used in the work of the High Council of Justice and the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (5 percent).