Delegation from the Ukrainian Constitutional Court and Supreme Court
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- Published: October 24, 2025
As part of a working visit organised jointly by GIZ and IRZ, a delegation of five judges from the Constitutional Court and five judges from the Supreme Court of Ukraine are visiting Karlsruhe, Munich and Vienna this week for a professional exchange.
GIZ and IRZ are jointly organising this working visit with various meetings at the Federal Court of Justice, the Federal Public Prosecutor General's Office, the Federal Finance Court, the Bavarian Constitutional Court and the Federal Patent Court.
The delegation also met with Federal Constitutional Court Judge Prof. Dr Henning Radtke and German Judge at the European Court of Human Rights Prof. Dr Anja Seibert-Fohr for a lecture followed by a discussion. The delegation then travelled to Vienna for meetings at the Austrian Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the Federal Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Austria, as well as at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in Vienna.
All discussions were characterised by a shared understanding of the fundamental role of the judiciary in safeguarding the rule of law, especially under the current challenging conditions. It is clear how much Ukraine sees itself as part of the European legal family. This was evident in the detailed, critical questions and in-depth discussions on core areas of judicial independence. Thanks to the combined forces of GIZ and IRZ, detailed expertise on the practice of German, Austrian and European supreme court jurisprudence was conveyed during this working visit.