Volodymyr Andriyovych Vasylenko ( uk, Володи́мир Андрі́йович Василе́нко; birth: January 16, 1937,

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian diplomat who has twice served as

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

Education

Volodymyr Vasylenko graduated from

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

in 1959.

Career

1972–1992 – was a scientific consultant of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство закордонних справ України) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees the foreign relations of Ukraine. The head of the ministry is the ...

for law issues. In 1989 – was taking part in development of legal basis for economic independence of Ukraine. In 1990 – as a consultant of the

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

, prepared the first draft of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine. 1992 – Ambassador in

Benelux The Benelux Union ( nl, Benelux Unie; french: Union Benelux; lb, Benelux-Unioun), also known as simply Benelux, is a politico-economic union and formal international intergovernmental cooperation of three neighboring states in western Europe: B ...

countries and also the Representative of Ukraine to the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

and

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

1998–2002 –

of Ukraine to the Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 1991–2009 – expert, advisor, member of the delegation of Ukraine in the

UN General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; french: link=no, Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Curr ...

and was representing Ukraine in Third Committee human rights and Sixth Committee legal issues. 2001–2005 – he was elected

judge in the

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal ...

. 2006–2010 – was the Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Human Rights Council. In 2014 – head of the Commission to Investigate Human Rights Violations in Ukraine.EuroMaidan Statement of the Commission to Investigate Human Rights Violations in Ukraine
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References

External links

Volodymyr VASYLENKO: “Ukraine’s participation in the UN Human Rights Council confirms our country’s civilizational orientation”

Former Ambassadors of Ukraine to the United Kingdom

VOLODYMYR VASYLENKO, LEADING UKRAINIAN SPECIALIST IN INTERNATIONAL LAW, ELECTED JUDGE OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Volodymyr Vasylenko: “Government bodies were first and foremost responsible for a civilized regulation and solution of the conflict”

Statement from Head of the Public Commission for the Investigation and Prevention of Human Rights Violations in Ukraine Volodymyr Vasylenko on Russian Aggression

Statement from Head of the Public Commission for the Investigation and Prevention of Human Rights Violations in Ukraine Volodymyr Vasylenko on Crimea

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine , Member of International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (2001–2005)
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