On March 26, 2026, HACC judges addressed the President of Ukraine, requesting that the longstanding issue of inadequate permanent premises for administering justice be resolved.

Since its establishment — over six years ago — the Anti-Corruption Court has operated without a permanent dedicated building. Throughout this period, both court instances — HACC and the HACC Appeals Chamber— have been administering justice across three locations, two of which are temporary. The problem is set to worsen with the recruitment of new judges, who are currently going through a selection competition. An increase in the number of judges will necessarily require a corresponding expansion of the court's administrative staff, primarily judges' assistants who support the administration of justice.

Securing permanent premises for HACC is part of Ukraine's European integration commitments and is provided for under the Ukraine Facility program. The Rule of Law Roadmap set a deadline for this — Q3 2025 — which has since been missed.

The findings of our monitoring indicate that the placement of first-instance judges across two locations is adversely affecting the efficiency of case proceedings. Depending on the composition of the panel, judges are required to travel between premises in different parts of the city within a single working day. There have also been instances where hearings took place at a different address than the one listed in the court schedule — undermining civil society monitoring of high-level corruption cases.