Public Integrity Council
PIC Information portal: https://grd.gov.ua/
The Public Integrity Council is established with the purpose of assisting the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine in determining eligibility of a judge (a judicial candidate) in terms of the criteria of professional ethics and integrity for the purpose of qualification evaluation.
On August 14, 2023, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine held a meeting of representatives of public associations, which elected 20 members of the Public Integrity Council.
The meeting was attended by public associations that were determined by the Commission to meet the requirements of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges”.
As a result of the voting, 20 members of the Public Integrity Council were elected.
The PIC members:
- Maryna Ansiforova (“Transparency International Ukraine”)
- Martyna Bohuslavets (“Institute of Legislative Ideas”)
- Olha Veretilnyk (“Centre for Economic Strategy”)
- Oleksandr Voloshyn (“Centre for Economic Strategy”)
- Vitalii Husak (“Centre for Economic Strategy”)
- Anton Zelinskyi (“DEJURE Foundation”)
- Oleh Ivanov (“Civic Platform the New Country”)
(resigned: September 20, 2023)
- Tetiana Katrychenko (“Media initiative for Human Rights”)
- Veronika Kreidenkova (“DEJURE Foundation”)
- Andrii Kulibaba (“DEJURE Foundation”)
- Nazar Martyniuk (“Ukrainian Bar Association”)
- Eduard Mielkikh (“Ukrainian Centre for European Policy”)
- Yurii Nikolov (“BOOK 14”)
(resigned: September 20, 2023)
- Olha Piskunova (“Center for Political and Legal Reforms”)
- Daniil Popkov (“Media initiative for Human Rights”)
- Kostiantyn Smolov (“Civil Control Platform”)
- Olena Trybushna (“Centre for Economic Strategy”)
- Yevhenii Shulhat (“Centre for Economic Strategy”)
- Oleh Yakymiak (“Ukrainian Bar Association”)
- Liudmyla Yankina (“Media initiative for Human Rights”)
The meeting of NGOs also decided to elect alternate PIC members (in case of resignation of the main elected members). Among them: Svitlana Ilnytska (“Civic Platform the New Country”), Tetiana Kurmanova (“Hromadske Radio”), and Hanna Lysko (“Civic Platform the New Country”).