The third composition of the Public Integrity Council was elected
Today, representatives of the NGOs elected a new composition of the Public Integrity Council, which will help the renewed High Qualification Commission to form a decent judiciary. The third member of the PIC includes specialists of various profiles: lawyers, journalists, human rights defenders and other representatives of NGOs, who have been promoting justice and anti-corruption reforms for years. This is a strong and capable composition, which is crucial in the conditions when the HQCJ has to complete the qualification assessment of almost two thousand judges and select approximately 700 judges for vacant positions in the appellate courts. We hope for mutual understanding and cooperation of the new PIC with the High Qualification Commission of Judges. And we also thank the HQCJ for facilitating today’s meeting.
The full list of members of the new PIC:
- Maryna Ansiforova is a senior analyst at the private company COSA, formerly a journalist, worked in “Nashi Hroshi” and BIHUS.Info projects.
- Martyna Bohuslavets is the founder and executive director of the Institute of Legislative Ideas.
- Olha Veretilnyk is a lawyer at the “Miller” law firm.
- Oleksandr Voloshyn — operational manager of investigative journalism agency Slidstvo.Info.
- Vitaliy Husak is a corporate lawyer at SkyUp Airlines and a lawyer at the NGO “Anti-Corruption Headquarters”.
- Anton Zelinsky is a lawyer, formerly a member of the attestation commissions of the Prosecutors General’s office.
- Oleh Ivanov is a lawyer, previously a member of the attestation commissions of the Prosecutors General’s office.
- Tetiana Katrychenko is the coordinator of the human rights organisation Media Initiative for Human Rights and a journalist for Focus magazine.
- Veronika Kreidenkova is the advocacy manager of DEJURE Foundation.
- Andriy Kulibaba is a member and coordinator of the second composition of the PIC and currently serves in the military.
- Nazar Martyniuk — lawyer, head of the “MTA Partners” bar association.
- Eduard Mielkyh is a lawyer, head of the “Highest Standard” bar association, and founder and chairman of the charity fund “Support of Ukrainians”.
- Yuriy Nikolov is a journalist and the founder of the project “Nashi Hroshi”.
- Olha Piskunova is an expert at the Centre of Policy and Legal Reforms.
- Danylo Popkov is a legal advisor of the Human Rights Centre ZMINA.
- Kostiantyn Smolov is a lawyer and arbitration manager.
- Olena Trybushna is a journalist and the editor-in-chief of the “Ye Putannia” channel.
- Yevhen Shulhat is a journalist at Hromadske.
- Oleh Yakymiak is a member of the second composition of the PIC and a lawyer.
- Lyudmyla Yankina is a project coordinator at the Human Rights Centre ZMINA.
Also, the meeting of the NGOs made a decision to elect reserve members of the PIC:
- Svitlana Ilnytska is a partner of the “LI Partners” bar association, mediator, negotiator, and member of the board of the Lviv Mediation Center.
- Tetiana Kurmanova – head of the board of the NGO “Public Radio”, program director of “Public Radio”.
- Hanna Lysko is a managing partner of the “LI Partners” bar association, a lawyer, and director of the Lviv Mediation Center.
