Sergiy Goncharenko

SPECIALIZATION:

Criminal litigation, litigation at the European Court of Human Rights

EDUCATION:

• Accomplished the training course for advocacy skills teachers at the National Institute of Forensic Advocacy (NITA, USA), 2005;
• Accomplished a training course on human rights in the field of criminal justice at the University of Essex, UK, 1998;
• Training at the leading law firms in Canada under the program of the Canadian Bar Association, 1992;
• Candidate of judicial sciences, 1990;
• Fellowship at the Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences, 1986-1989;
• Kyiv State University after Taras Shevchenko, speciality «Jurisprudence», 1981-1986.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Advocate, Head the «Ukrainian Advocates Corporation», 1995 – till present;
• Professor, Head of the Department on human rights, international and European law at the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine, 2003 – till present;
• Assistant professor of the Department on advocacy excellence at the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine, 1997-2003;
• Head of Trade and Economic Mission of the Embassy of Ukraine to Greece, 1994-1995;
• Council at the International Advocates Company «BIM» (Ukraine – USA – Israel), 1992–1994;
• Postgraduate, Junior Researcher at the Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences, 1986 –1991.

ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Ad hoc judge of the European Court of Human Rights, 2011-2012 and 2014 – till present;
• Vice-President of the Union of Advocates of Ukraine, 2011-2016;
• Published over 70 scientific papers on criminal law process, advocacy issues, international law of human rights.