According to statistics from the press office of the High Council of Justice (HCJ) for the first half of 2025, it will take Ukraine’s administrative courts a decade to review all the cases registered during this period alone. The main reason is an acute shortage of judges. Such data was published by the head of the press office of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Volodymyr Hurzhy.
According to the information provided by him:
- The Kyiv District Administrative Court has 29 judges instead of the required 383 — therefore, 35,712 cases registered in half a year will be considered for about 35 years.
- The Odessa District Administrative Court has 35 judges instead of 289 — 28,638 cases can be considered there for 27 years.
- The Dnipropetrovsk District Administrative Court has 40 judges instead of 245 — 27 078 cases will be considered for approximately 23 years.
- The Zhytomyr District Administrative Court has 21 judges instead of 208 — 19.5 years are needed for 23,557 cases.
- The Kharkiv District Administrative Court has 28 judges instead of 217 — consideration of 20,535 cases can last about 20 years.
“In reality, of course, cases are considered at the cost of multiple burden on judges and staff. Accordingly, there is no need to wait 35 years, but how many people will be enough in such conditions”, – explained Gurzhy.
Over the year, the number of claims against the state increased by 21%, and the data provided refers to only five administrative courts with the largest number of cases. According to Gurzhy, the situation in other administrative courts also remains critical.
