Valeriya Volodymyrivna Lutkovska ( uk, Валерія Володимирівна Лутковська; born 20 January 1972) is a
Ukrainian
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lawyer. She was Ombudsman of Ukraine from April 2012 until April 2017.
Early life and education
Lutkovska was born on 20 January 1972 in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
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[ In 1993, she 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 ...
, having studied philology
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and Russian language and literature. In 1999, she completed a specialist degree in law (jurist) at the National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.[
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Career
August 1994, Lutkovska began teaching German and Russian languages and foreign literature at Kyiv High School № 149. A year later, she became the chief consultant for the International Legal Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. In October 1996, she became the deputy head of the Department for International Relations at Ukraine's Ministry of Family and Youth.
From October 1997 to September 2003, Lutkovska worked as the Deputy Head of Unit for International Legal Assistance and Cooperation of Department for International Legal Activity; Deputy Head of Department for International Cooperation and Legal Assistance; First Deputy Head of the International Law Department; Deputy Head, Head of the National Bureau of the Observance of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Commissioner for the Observance of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
From September 2003 to December 2005, she served as a Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine; Commissioner for the Observance of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. She then became the Deputy Director on issues of judicial defence at the law firm “Lavrynovych & Partners” until November 2006, when she was again named a Deputy Minister of Justice. From January 2011 to April 2012, she was a government agent before the European Court of Human Rights.
In April 2012, the Verkhovna Rada
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 ...
appointed Lutkovska to the position of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.[ She assumed office on 27 April 2012, taking her oath at the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada.][ Her term ended on 28 April 2017.]
Awards and honorary titles
12.2000 – Certificate of Merit of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
12.2004 – Order of Princess Olga, 3rd Class
Honored Jurist of Ukraine.
References
External links
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
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Lawyers from Kyiv
Ombudsmen in Ukraine
Living people
1972 births
Politicians from Kyiv
Ukrainian women lawyers
21st-century Ukrainian politicians