The restriction of access to the judicial register received support from the High Council of Justice: what awaits court decisions marked as "secret"
The meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy, held on June 3, 2026, became a platform for discussing one of the most controversial wartime bills — No. 7033-d. The document, which proposes to limit the disclosure of certain information in the texts of court decisions, sparked a debate between supporters of maximum security and defenders of the principle of fundamental transparency.
The main question to be resolved by the committee was how to protect critical infrastructure and the secrecy of investigations without turning the judicial system into a closed corporation where abuses by law enforcement become invisible to society.
The bill aims to address two problems.
Restriction of access to rulings at the pre-trial investigation stage. This concerns closing full and general access for up to one year to decisions regarding searches, refusals to conduct them, and covert investigative (search) actions (CISA).
And concealing sensitive information. A ban on publishing in the register the names and addresses of facilities where weapons are produced or stored, as well as other strategic objects.
As reported by the "Judicial and Legal Newspaper", during the meeting, the parliamentary Committee decided to postpone the decision on the bill amending the Law "On Access to Court Decisions." The reasons were both terminological inconsistencies and political disagreements between factions.
The High Council of Justice, represented at the meeting by Yuliia Bokova, expressed support for bill No. 7033-d. The HCoJ member stated that after a series of meetings and discussions within the body, there are no objections to the document. The main logic of the HCoJ aligns with the government’s: the priority is to prevent the disclosure of information that poses a threat to Ukraine's national security.
The State Enterprise "Information Judicial Systems" also confirmed the technical capability to implement the restrictions. The chief engineer of SE IJS explained that regarding rulings on CISA, there is already a "double layer of insurance": they enter the register only after declassification, and the bill adds an additional one-year delay for general access.
Representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine supported the project but noted that opening data on CISA even after a year could harm the search for individuals if the ruling remains classified.
The Ministry of Defense also supported the draft in general. The Foreign Intelligence Service proposed clarifying the concept of "place of service" for personnel who are not military servicemen.
As a result of the June 3, 2026 meeting, the Committee decided to recommend bill No. 7033-d for revision. This decision indicates that despite support from the HCoJ and law enforcement agencies, there remains a demand in parliament to preserve procedural guarantees for citizens.
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