The High Council of Justice is a Ukrainian state constitutional body which, according to Article 131 of Constitution of Ukraine, performs the following duties:

a) submits proposals for the appointment of judges to office or for their dismissal from office;

b) adopts decisions on the violation by judges and prosecutors of the incompatibility requirements; and

c) executes disciplinary proceedings regarding judges of the Supreme Court of Ukraine and judges of high specialised courts, and the consideration of complaints regarding decisions on bringing judges of courts of appeal and local courts, and prosecutors to disciplinary liability.

The High Council of Justice comprises twenty members.