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Dmytro Koval

Dmytro Koval

Associate professor, National University "Kyiv Mohyla Academy"
Ukraine
  • International criminal law
  • The rule of law
  • International criminal law
  • The rule of law

Biography

In 2010 graduated from National University “Odessa Law Academy”. In 2014 defended a Ph.D. thesis on International Law Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. During 2012-2013 Dmytro was implementing a research project “Restitution of Cultural Property: International Law Regulation and National Experience” at Jagiellonian University (Krakow). From 2013 he works on the problem of international criminal courts’ influence on post-conflict societies’ collective memory. This research he started in the Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Science (Warsaw). In 2019 awarded a Fulbright scholarship for the research at Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Stanford University.

In 2015-2017 served as a member of the Ministry of Justice Expert Committee on International Humanitarian Law Implementation. Worked on the monitoring reports on international humanitarian law compliance for the Truth Hounds NGO and Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union monitoring. Consulted Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture and Prosecutor General’s Office, Ukrainian Parliament on different aspects of foreign policy and international law implementation.

Public Speaking

Lecture on the ways the courts as history narrators
Stanford University, USA
Lecture
March 2020
Lecture on the international criminal courts, social systems theory and collective memory
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Lecture
January 2018
Seminar of the Polish Sociological Community devoted to Niklas Luhmann, Section of the Sociology of law
Krakow, Poland
Seminar
January 2018
Donbass and Crimea: Status and Perspectives of Ukraine’s Contested Territories
Kyiv, Ukraine
Organized by National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
January 2018
2017 Max Planck Conference ‘Bridge over Troubled Waters’
Luxembourg
The conference is organised in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel with the financial support of the Luxembourg National Research Fund.
September 2017
UNESCO World Heritage Young Professionals Forum
Warsaw and Krakow, Poland
Young representatives, aged from 22 to 32, from 35 countries, will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, contribute to the discussions and immerse themselves in discussion.
June 2017
The European Society of International Law conference “Post-Conflict Justice in Ukraine”
Kyiv, Ukraine
The general topic of the conference was post-conflict justice and the relevant strategies for securing justice in the context of the Ukrainian conflict.
May 2017

Publications

Featured publications

All publications

  • Theory and Practice of International Criminal Law
  • In a name of art: contextual international law analyses of cultural property protection in the event of armed conflict (monograph)
  • Dziedzictwo, dobra kultury, zabytki, ochrona i opieka w prawie
  • Ukrainian Revolution of Conscience, Russian Federation Aggression and International Law

Areas of Expertise

  • International criminal law
  • The rule of law

Regions of Expertise

  • Ukraine

Experience

National University Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Associate professor
National University "Kyiv Mohyla Academy"
2018 - Present - 6 yrs
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Expert-consultant of the Ukrainian MP
Ukraine Parlaiment
2019 - Present - 5 yrs
Kyiv Ukraine
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2018- Program and Legal Officer
Democracy Reporting International
2018 - Present - 6 yrs
Berlin, Germany and Kyiv, Ukraine
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Assessor of the grant proposals from the Bulgarian research institutions,
Operational Program “Science and education for smart growth” of the European Commission
2017
Sofia, Bulgaria
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Legal Expert
Truth Hounds
2017 - Present - 7 yrs
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Preparation of legal assessment of the war crimes allegedly committed in Eastern Ukraine
International Partnership for Human Rights
2016
(Brussels-Kyiv)
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Expert
Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union
2016
Luhansk region, Ukraine
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Advisor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2016
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Expert in the Committee on International Humanitarian Law Implementation
Ministry of Justice
2015 - 2017 - 2 yrs
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Legal Counsellor
South Regional Military Prosecutor's Office
2015 - 2016 - 1 yrs
Odessa, Ukraine
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Intern
International Cultural Center
2013
Krakow, Poland
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Associate Professor
National University “Odessa Law Academy”
2011 - 2018 - 7 yrs
Odessa, Ukraine
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Lecturer
International Humanitarian University
2010 - 2011 - 1 yrs
Odessa, Ukraine
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Intern
Vasyl Kysil & Partners Law Firm
2009
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Intern
Khmelnitsky Prosecution Office
2007 - 2008 - 1 yrs
Khmelnitsky, Ukraine

Contact

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Tuesday to Thursday, 7am to 4pm
Location:
Kyiv, Ukraine
Languages:
  • Ukranian
  • Russian
  • English
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