Kyiv fires 276 Crimean judges for breach of oath
High Judicial Council at its session on 24 December 2015 has resolved to sack 276 judges of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city for the oath breach.
The resolution was published in at the website of HCJ.
It noted that specified in the recommendation of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine 277 judges from Crimea, who took the oath of a judge, holding office of judges of Ukraine under the applicable law, were appointed as judges of the Russian Federation, and by so doing they violated the oath of judges (committed acts discrediting the judiciary and can call into question his/her objectivity, impartiality and independence, integrity and incorruptibility of the judiciary, violated the ethical principles of judicial conduct), and requirements concerning incompatibility.