Sergiy is a Ph.D in constitutional law; Professor at the Ukrainian-American Concordia University (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Visiting Fellow at the Cologne/Bonn Academy in Exile (CBA) (Cologne/Bonn, Germany); former Lecturer at the Department of Constitutional Law of the Faculty of Law of Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic); former Visiting Professor at University of Bialystok Faculty of Law (Bialystok, Poland); former Professor at the Ukrainian-American Concordia University and the European University (Kyiv, Ukraine); Former academic consultant of the Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (2017-2023).
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Legal recognition of a Ukrainian same-sex couple as a married relationship
In June 2025, the Desnyanskyy local district court in Kyiv (‘the Court’) decided to recognise the fact of cohabitation as one family (de facto marital relationship) between two Ukrainian men. It stated that same-sex couples have ...
The Internationally Recognised Right to Conscientious Objection Under Real Risk in Ukraine
Going into the fourth year of resistance of the Ukrainian nation to Russian aggression, a lack of soldiers is one of the main problems of Ukrainian reality. The Ukrainian government decreased the conscription age and used mobilisation ...
Maymulakhin and Markiv v Ukraine: Perspectives on Same-Sex Relations in Ukraine in Light of the European Court of Human Rights’ Decision
Since the publication of our previous blog post about perspectives on same-sex marriage legalization in Ukraine, an online petition about this issue, submitted to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has received an answer. ...
The Use of Russian Language in Ukraine in Wartime
After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops on the 24th February 2022, the status of the Russian language and its use in Ukraine have come under critical attention. For many people in Ukraine, Russian became the ...
Balancing Human Rights Protection and Defense of the Motherland in Ukraine
Image description: the Supreme Court of Ukraine in session
The full-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine on February 24 put tremendous strain on the legal system and showed legislative gaps. Mobilization posed a unique and ...
Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage Legalisation in Ukraine
Image description: The Mariinskyi Palace, the official residence of the President of Ukraine.
Despite the war and the challenging economic situation in Ukraine, the gender rights issues are still actual, and a source of worry to ...
