[10] The appointees include:[10] Membership requirements are:[10] Ineligible for membership are:[10] Official materials of the council is published in the Bulletin of the Supreme Court of Ukraine and in special cases in "Holos Ukrainy" and "Uryadovyi kurier".

[citation needed] The High Council of Justice (Ukrainian: Вища рада юстиції) was firstly introduced into Ukraine's legal system with the adoption of the 1996 Constitution.

After that the majority of the initial Council members were appointed by the respective bodies.

[15][16] In January 2017, the new law "On the High Council of Justice" (Ukrainian: "Про Вищу раду правосуддя") entered into force which re-established the council with the new Ukrainian name ("Вища рада правосуддя"), the new functions and change to its composition.

1635-IX, "On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine concerning the procedure for selection (appointment) to the positions of members of the High Council of Justice and the activities of disciplinary inspectors of the High Council of Justice".