Born in Lviv (Ukraine) on 7 September 1975

Educational Background 

1999 - 2004	Doctoral studies, Department of International and Comparative Law Volodymyr Koretsky Institute of State and Law National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv Defended doctoral thesis in international law Awarded academic title of a “Candidate of Legal Studies” (equivalent to Ph.D. in law or Dr.iur.)
November – December 1998	Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Ukraine’s National Security Programme
September 1996 – February 1998		Lund University, Sweden Law Faculty Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Graduated as Master in International Human Rights Law (LL.M.)
July 1992 – June 1997	Ivan Franko Lviv State University, Ukraine Faculty of International Relations Graduated with honours as “Specialist in International Relations, Interpreter of German language” (equivalent to Master of Arts in International Politics)

Professional Experience

On November,18 2022 appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Decree of the Government Nr.1033-p). Responsible for Ukraine’s policy regarding North and South America, international law issues, state protocol and Ukrainians living abroad.

                         

December 2014 – Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine

October 2022        to the Federal Republic of Germany

      

March-                  Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers (Government) of Ukraine

December             responsible for international affairs and European integration

2014

August 2010 – March 2014 April 2007 - July 2010	Director-General Third Territorial Directorate-General (relations with European countries) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Consul General of Ukraine in Hamburg
April 2005 – March 2007	Deputy Head of Department, Chief of Division Foreign Policy Directorate, Secretariat of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv
January 2004 - March 2005	Chief Advisor (international legal issues) Foreign Policy Directorate, Administration of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv
August 1999 – December 2003	Second Secretary, First Secretary (political and legal affairs) Embassy of Ukraine in Austria, Vienna
August 1997 – August 1999	Entry into the Diplomatic Service of Ukraine Consultant, Senior Consultant, Chief Consultant (international legal issues) Foreign Policy Directorate, Administration of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv

In accordance with presidential decrees, member of Ukraine’s governmental delegations, i.a.:

Executive Council of the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW (The Hague), 2004-2006

OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, Open Skies Consultative Commission, Joint Consultative Group (Vienna), 2004-2005

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources CCAMLR (Hobart, Australia), 2004-2006.

Acted as Ukraine’s expert in Council of Europe’s Ad hoc Committee on action against trafficking in human beings, CAHTEH (Strasbourg, France), 2004-2005.

Served as Secretary of the Ukrainian part of Joint Consultative Committee of the Presidents of Ukraine and the Republic of Poland (2005-2006).

Scientific Interests 

since April 2004	Freelancer Research Fellow International and Comparative Law Department Volodymyr Koretsky Institute of State and Law National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
2006	Adjunct Professor, Senior Lecturer in International Law International Law Department, Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade, Kyiv

Numerous books and publications in the field of public international law, i.a.:

Правонаступництво України щодо міжнародних договорів СРСР. – К., 2005. – 424 с. (монографія) [State Succession of Ukraine with Respect to International Treaties of the USSR. – Kyiv, 2005. – 424 pages (in Ukrainian)];

Master or Servant? International Law in the Foreign Policy Context, in Select Proceedings of the European Society of International Law. – Vol. 1 (2006). - Helene Ruiz Fabri, Emmanuelle Jouannet and Vincent Tomkiewicz (eds). – Oxford and Portland, Oregon, 2008. – p.237-278;

Nagorny-Karabakh. - Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. – Rüdiger Wolfrum (ed.). – Oxford University Press, 2012. – Vol. VII. – p.451-456;

United Nations Trusteeship System. - Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. – Rüdiger Wolfrum (ed.). – Oxford University Press, 2012. – Vol. X. – p.523-536;

Международное право как основа современного миропорядка. Lieber Amicorum к 75-летию проф. В.Н.Денисова. – под ред. А.Я.Мельника, С.А.Мельник, Т.Р.Короткого. – Киев-Одесса, 2012. – 878 с. [International Law as a Basis for Contemporary World Order. Liber Amicorum. 75^th Birthday of Professor Volodymyr Denysov. – Andriy Melnyk, Svitlana Melnyk, Tymur Korotky (eds.). – Kyiv-Odesa, 2012. – 878 pages (in Russian)]

State awards 

 

Order of Merit, First Class (Decree of the President of Ukraine Nr. 669/2021 of 18 December 2021)

Order of Merit, Second Class (Decree of the President of Ukraine Nr. 335/2020 of 21 August 2020)

Order of Merit, Third Class (Decree of the President of Ukraine Nr. 425/2017 of 22 December 2017)

 

Holds the diplomatic rank of an Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador

(Decree of the President of Ukraine Nr. 570/2016 of 22 December 2016).

 

Languages: Ukrainian (native), Russian (second native), English & German (both excellent), Spanish (intermediate).

Married to Dr. Svitlana Melnyk. Children: adult son and daughter.