[1][2] In late 2023, a law giving the HQCJ the right to suspend members of the Public Integrity Council was launched in Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament.

[3] The Public Integrity Council was established under Article 87 of the Ukrainian law No 31 of 2016 "on the Judiciary and the Status of Judges".

[2] In 2017, Diana Kovacheva, in her role as an international expert of the Council of Europe, found that the Public Integrity Council's procedural rules were generally consistent with European judicial independence standards, while making recommendations for specific changes to further improve compliance with judicial standards.

[4] The council is defined to have twenty members appointed by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) whose aim is "fighting corruption, protecting human rights [or] supporting institutional reforms".

[1] Members of the 2018–2020 session were elected by twelve NGOs, including Center for Civil Liberties and Dejure Foundation.