A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA PART 4 On December 24, 2015, the Su- preme Council of Justice at its meeting considered the rec- ommendation of the HJQB of Ukraine of 10.11.2015 No. 3009/ dp-15 on submission of propos- al for the dismissal of judges of the ARC and Sevastopol for oath violation. According to the High Council of Justice, the 277 Crimean judges referred to in the proposal, hold- ing the positions of Ukrainian judges in accordance with the current legislation, took the oath and were appointed to the posi- tion of judges of the RF, thus vi- olating the oath of a judge and the requirements concerning the compatibility37. On January 30, 2016, by the De- cree No. 28/2016 the President of Ukraine dismissed 83 judges from several courts in the occu- pied Crimea for the violation of 38 oath . On February 8, 2016, it was re- ported that on January 29, 2016, the Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine signed the notice of sus- picion with regard to 50 more judges of the ARC and Sevas- topol, which betrayed the peo- ple of Ukraine. The published list included the Crimean judges which had not been appointed as judges by the RF President’s 37 http://www.vru.gov.ua/news/1256 38 http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/282016-19751 129
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