Twenty-three civic organizations have taken part in forming Ukraine’s Public Integrity Council since its creation in 2016. Four of them — the Ukrainian Bar Association, Transparency International Ukraine, the Nova Kraina Civic Platform and the DEJURE Foundation — have delegated members to all four compositions without a single gap. CrimeaWatch publishes the complete registry below, compiled from the Council’s own composition rosters and from the published decisions of the High Qualification Commission of Judges that admit organizations to the assemblies forming it.
Why the Registry Matters#
The Public Integrity Council (Громадська рада доброчесності) is not a legal entity with a will of its own. It is twenty members placed there by civic organizations, and the criteria it applies to judges — its Indicators of Integrity — are adopted by those same members.
Paragraph 1.5 of those Indicators identifies as a marker of support for aggression conduct by a judge or candidate who
without urgent need visited the Russian Federation after the start of the armed aggression, temporarily occupied territories
The two are listed in a single enumeration. Ukraine’s Constitution defines Crimea as an integral part of Ukraine (Articles 2, 73, 133–134), and the Law on the Temporarily Occupied Territory (No. 1207-VII, 2014) establishes for the peninsula a legal regime deliberately distinct from that of a foreign state. The Indicators were adopted on 11 January 2019 and revised, unanimously, on 16 December 2020.
Because the Council’s methodology is adopted by its members, the organizations that supply those members are the methodology’s institutional carriers. That is what this registry records — and only that.
The Registry#
delegated — the organization delegated one or more members to that composition. admitted — the HQCJ admitted the organization to the assembly forming that composition, but no member of the organization was elected. — — the organization did not take part in that cycle.
| Organization | EDRPOU | I · 2016 | II · 2018 | III · 2023 | IV · 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian Bar Association | 26334715 | delegated | delegated | delegated | delegated |
| Transparency International Ukraine | 23906275 | delegated | delegated | delegated | delegated |
| Nova Kraina Civic Platform | 39331377 | delegated | delegated | delegated | delegated |
| DEJURE Foundation | 40700323 | delegated | delegated | delegated | delegated |
| Centre of Policy and Legal Reform | 24583227 | delegated | delegated | delegated | — |
| Avtomaidan | 39174967 | delegated | delegated | — | — |
| Centre of United Actions | 36633761 | delegated | delegated | — | — |
| Public Lustration Committee | 39534586 | delegated | delegated | — | — |
| European Dimension (Sumy) | 35907451 | delegated | delegated | — | — |
| TOM 14 | 40067390 | — | delegated | delegated | — |
| Center for Civil Liberties | 35139190 | — | delegated | admitted | — |
| Initiative E+ | 39248876 | — | delegated | — | — |
| CrimeaSOS | 39884344 | — | delegated | — | — |
| Centre for Economic Strategy | 39795443 | — | — | delegated | delegated |
| Media Initiative for Human Rights | 40750793 | — | — | delegated | delegated |
| Institute of Legislative Ideas | 41738054 | — | — | delegated | delegated |
| Public Control Platform | 39689459 | — | — | delegated | admitted |
| Ukrainian Centre for European Policy | 40064066 | — | — | delegated | — |
| Hromadske Radio | 33408627 | — | — | delegated | — |
| Anti-Corruption Action Center | 38238280 | — | — | admitted | delegated |
| ZMINA Human Rights Centre | 38405259 | — | — | admitted | delegated |
| Chesno Movement | 40219487 | — | — | admitted | delegated |
| Sich Human Rights Group | 39318230 | — | — | — | delegated |
The first composition (2016) predates the Indicators of Integrity entirely and is recorded as institutional history rather than as documented endorsement of any methodology.
One further organization took part in the 2016 assembly without appearing in any composition roster. The Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law submitted the candidacy of Halyna Chyzhyk, who was seated as Centre UA’s delegate. Because its involvement is confined to the cycle that predates the Indicators, it is recorded here but is not profiled on this site.
How that assembly and the 2025 assembly actually chose their nominees — 24 candidates for 20 seats, and 14 of 18 members elected on the nomination of two organizations at once — is examined in Who Vetted the Vetters.
The HQCJ Decisions#
Participation in the two most recent cycles is established by published acts of a state body, each identifying the applicant organizations by their EDRPOU registration codes.
| Decision | Date | Composition | Admitted | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 40/zp-23 | 27 July 2023 | Third | 16 | 5 |
| No. 138/zp-25 | 21 July 2025 | Fourth | 12 | 5 |
Organizations refused admission are not documented on this site — they applied, they were not admitted, and they did not form the Council. They are listed here so that the registry can be checked in both directions.
Refused in 2023: Stop Nelehal; Union of Lawyers of Ukraine (Vinnytsia Oblast); Stop Corruption; Narod i Pravo; My Razom (Vinnytsia Oblast).
Refused in 2025: Ukraine — European Choice anti-corruption civic movement; All-Ukrainian Organization Union of Persons with Disabilities of Ukraine; International Special Anti-Corruption Collegium; Pravnika Human Rights Centre; Ukrainian Agency for Copyright and Related Rights.
What This Registry Does and Does Not Document#
It documents acts: delegation of members to the Council, and admission by the HQCJ to the assemblies that form it. Each entry is traceable to a composition roster published by the Council or to a numbered decision published by the High Qualification Commission of Judges.
It does not document statements about the status of Crimea. No organization in this registry has made a statement recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, and none is alleged to have done so. Delegation is also not a vote: the delegates vote on the Council’s conclusions, the organizations do not.
The width of each record differs, and the individual profiles state their own limits. An organization that delegated in every cycle for a decade and an organization whose delegate served sixteen days are not making the same record, and this site does not present them as though they were.
Sources#
- Public Integrity Council, composition rosters: first, second, third, fourth
- High Qualification Commission of Judges, decision No. 40/zp-23 of 27 July 2023
- High Qualification Commission of Judges, decision No. 138/zp-25 of 21 July 2025
- Public Integrity Council, Indicators of Integrity (adopted 11 January 2019, revised 16 December 2020)
All profiles on this site are based on publicly available sources: official registers, asset declarations, court decisions, organizational records, and media coverage. Source links are provided within each profile. This registry records only documented acts — delegation of members and admission by the High Qualification Commission of Judges — each traceable to a composition roster published by the Council itself or to a numbered decision published by the Commission.