Constitutional Court of Ukraine

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine is the judicial body that interprets the Constitution of Ukraine in relation to laws and other legal acts. The court began its activity on 18 October 1996, and its first ruling was made on 13 May 1997. Where a matter is urgent it can rule within weeks, while matters judged less urgent can take months. Its decisions are binding and final and cannot be appealed. The court sits in Kyiv and is made up of eighteen judges, six each nominated by the President, the Parliament and the Congress of Judges of Ukraine, each serving a nine-year term.