Supreme Court abolished decision of the High Council of Justice to reprimand judge-whistleblower Larysa Golnyk

The Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court ruled unlawful and abolished the decision of the High Council of Justice to reprimand the judge-whistleblower Larysa Golnyk.

Previously, Golnyk was punished for the Facebook post in which she criticised her colleagues, who had supported illegal actions of the court president. 

Though the reprimand was cancelled, it nevertheless served its ill purpose as due to it judge Golnyk was prevented from running for the anticorruption court.

In the meantime, members of the High Council of Justice Ihor Benedysiuk, Tetiana Malashenkova, Natalia Volkovytska, Mykola Husak are currently running for the Supreme Court, while infamous Pavlo Hrechkivskyi who was the rapporteur in the Golnyk’s case, for the second time applied for the High Council of Justice. 

This week Golnyk was rewarded by the Blueprint for Free Speech with the special recognition award.