Mykola Gnatovskyy

Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from Ukraine, PhD in Law, Associate Professor.

Judge Mykola Gnatovskyy holds an LL.M and a Ph.D. in International Law from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Before joining the European Court of Human Rights, he taught Public International Law at the Institute of International Relations of the same University, specialising in International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, and International Criminal Law (2002–2022). During that time, he also actively cooperated with the ICRC, serving as a member of the editorial board of International Review of the Red Cross (2011–2014), contributor to the Customary IHL Database and reviewer of the new ICRC Commentaries to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Since 2009 and until 2021, Dr. Gnatovskyy served as a member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), including as its President for three consecutive terms (2015–2021).