Yepel Oksana Volodymyrivna

Senior Researcher of the Department of Civil and Legal Sciences, Doctor of Law, Associate Professor (part-time)

born February 13, 1972

EPEL Oksana Volodymyrivna — Senior Researcher (part-time)Department of Civil and Legal Sciences of the V.M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the NAS of Ukraine, Judge of the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal, Doctor of Law, Associate Professor.

In 2002, she graduated from Donetsk National University with a degree in «Jurisprudence», qualification as a lawyer. From 2002 to 2007, she worked as a court consultant and assistant judge. From 2007 to 2013 — Judge of the Kyiv District Court of Donetsk. From 2008 to 2012, she worked as a lecturer at the Department of Law and Associate Professor at the Department of Law and Socio-Political Disciplines of the Donetsk Institute of the Private Joint-Stock Company «Higher Educational Institution» Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (part-time).

In 2012, she defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Sciences. Specialization: criminal law and criminology; criminal enforcement law. The topic of the dissertation research: «Criminal liability for public calls to commit a terrorist act». Since 2013 and until now, he has been working as a judge of the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal (main place of work). In 2015, she improved her qualifications at the «Centre Europeen de Cooperation Juridique / Council of Europe» at the European Court of Human Rights. In 2021, she defended her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Law. Specialization: labor law; social security law. Thesis topic: «Doctrine of Protection of Constitutional Social Rights of Man and Citizen in Ukraine».

From 2021 to 2024, she worked as a professor at the Department of International Law and Comparative Law, Faculty of International Relations, NAU MONU (part-time). Main courses taught as a professor at the Department of International Law and Comparative Law, Faculty of International Relations, NAU: «Administrative Law of Ukraine», «Practice of the ECHR». During 2021, she worked as part of the research team of the Department of International Law and Comparative Law No. 69-2021/15.01.06 «International Standards of International Organizations and Their Implementation by Member States». In 2023, she was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor.

From February 2024 to the present day, he has been a senior researcher at the Department of Civil and Legal Sciences (part-time) of the V.M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the NAS of Ukraine.

Areas of scientific activity: problems of labor law and social security law, criminal and administrative law.

Author (co-author) of about a hundred scientific and educational and methodological works, including publications in periodicals that are included in the scientometric database Scopus and Web of Science.

Author of two individual monographs: 1. Epel O.V. «Theoretical and Practical Foundations of the Protection of Constitutional Social Rights of Man and Citizen in Ukraine: Monograph» (2020); 2. Epel O.V. «The social protection system in Ukraine as a factor in the formation of a social state: status, problems and development strategy: monograph» (2023).Author (co-author) of seven textbooks and manuals, including: «Current Issues of Social Work»: Manual (2023); «Theoretical Principles of Labor Law of Ukraine: Manual» (2019); «Theoretical and practical problems of reforming national legislation: a textbook» (2019); «Theoretical and practical problems of reforming national legislation in the field of employment of the population: a textbook» (2019); «Theoretical and practical problems of reforming national legislation in the field of law enforcement: a textbook» (2019); «Theoretical and practical problems of reforming legislation in the field of social protection of the population: a textbook» (2019) and others.Co-author of the Great Ukrainian Legal Encyclopedia: «Social Security Law» (2020). Co-author of more than ten scientific and practical commentaries on the legislation of Ukraine, including: Scientific and Practical Commentary on the Law of Ukraine «On the Judicial System and the Status of Judges» (2018); Scientific and Practical Commentary on the Law of Ukraine «On Prevention of Corruption» (2018);Scientific and practical commentary to the Labor Code of Ukraine (2018); Scientific and practical commentary to the main regulatory acts regulating pension issues (2019); Scientific and practical commentary to the Laws of Ukraine «On Remuneration», «On Labor Protection», «On Vacations», «On the Procedure for Resolving Collective Labor Disputes (Conflicts)» (2019), etc.