On November 11, 2026, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed in the first reading Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Improvement of Organizational Principles of Public Prosecution Service Operations and Ensuring the Institutional Independence of Prosecutorial Self-Governance Bodies and the Body Conducting Disciplinary Proceedings” (Reg. No.16144).
The draft law is aimed at fulfilling the tasks set by the Government as part of Ukraine’s commitments in the process of European integration.
The draft law proposes the following amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the Public Prosecution Service”:
establish general principles for performance evaluation of prosecutors, selection and appointment of prosecutors to administrative positions, composition of commissions for performance evaluation and selection of prosecutors for administrative positions, requirements for commission members, and selection criteria for candidates to administrative positions;
reorganize the Council of Prosecutors of Ukraine into an independent prosecutorial self-governance body with a secretariat established under its management, and expand its powers;
improve disciplinary procedures and organizational support for the activities of the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors;
expand the range of disciplinary sanctions;
define disciplinary misconduct and clarify the grounds for bringing a prosecutor to disciplinary liability to eliminate legal uncertainty in statutory definitions;
statutorily define the content of a disciplinary complaint and clarify the grounds for refusing to initiate disciplinary proceedings.
Additionally, in connection with the proposed amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the Public Prosecution Service,” the bill provides for corresponding amendments to the Code of Administrative Justice of Ukraine and the Laws of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption,” “On the Practice of Law and Legal Practice,” and “On Civil Service.”