Protsenko Iryna Mykolayivna

Senior Researcher, Department of International Law and European Union Law, Candidate of Laws

born May 26, 1977, Kyiv

PROTSENKO Iryna Mykolayivna — Senior Researcher, Department of International Law and Law of the European Union, Candidate of Law.

In 1999, she graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law of Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv and in the same year began working in the department: as a research intern (since July 1999), junior research associate (since 2001), and research associate (since 2016). In 2005, she completed a research internship at the Institute of Law of Eastern European Countries at the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel.

In 2016, she received the degree of Candidate of Law, defending her dissertation on the topic: «Private-Law Principles of Regulation of Trade Relations in Germany» (scientific supervisor — Professor V.N. Denisov).

She has published more than 250 scientific papers. Under her scientific supervision, two candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy were prepared for the defense of their theses.

In addition, she was a member of the team of translators from German of V.M. Koretsky's scientific article «Problems of International Trade Law in Soviet Law» (published in 3 volumes of selected works of V.M. Koretsky); she was the editor of the materials of the conference «International Legal Order: Modern Problems and Their Solutions. To the 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Volodymyr Mykhailovych Koretsky" (Kyiv, 2015), the textbook "The Law of International Organizations and Ukraine: in Schemes and Tables" (Kyiv, 2014), the "Small Encyclopedia of International Law" (Kyiv, 2013). She was a member of the editorial board of volumes 2 and 3 of the Encyclopedia of International Law. She is a member of the Ukrainian Association of International Law.

She taught the academic discipline "Private International Law" at the Kyiv University of Law of the NAS of Ukraine (from 2001 to 2022) and at the State University of Trade and Economics (from 2020 to the present).

Research interests: private international law, German commercial law, international economic law.

Selected scientific publications:

• Protsenko I. M. International legal protection of the property rights of civilians during armed conflicts. Peculiarities of international legal protection of the civilian population in modern armed conflicts. To the 75th anniversary of the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the NAS of Ukraine K.: Parliamentary Publishing House, 2023. P. 91-146.
• Protsenko I. M. Features of the legal status of the enemy's property in war in the light of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. Legal State. Yearbook of Scientific Works. Vol. 33. K, 2022. P. 114-122.
• Protsenko I. M. Modern problems of the application of international treaties and international customs in the domestic law of Ukraine. Legal State. Issue 32. Kyiv, 2021. Pp. 456-465.
• Protsenko I., Savchuk K. Sovereign Rights of the State and the Scope of their Implementation in the Context of Development of the International Human Rights Law. Journal of Advanced Research in Law and Economics. Volume XI Issue 1(47) Spring 2020. P. 164-168.
• Protsenko I. M. The right of the child to be heard in court (on the example of the application of the 1980 Hague Convention in Ukraine). Legal State. Issue 31. K., 2020. P. 426-434.
• Protsenko I. M. The rights of foreigners as a component of the «human dimension» of the OSCE // Rule of Law. Yearbook of Scientific Works. — Issue 30. Kyiv, 2019. P. 398-407.
• Protsenko I. M. International legal characteristics of mechanisms for peaceful dispute resolution within the framework of the OSCE // State and Law: Collection of scientific works. Legal and political sciences. Issue 85 / V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the NAS of Ukraine. Kyiv: Publishing house «Yurydychna dumka», 2019. P. 191-202.
• German Commercial Law: History of Formation and Current State. Monograph. Odesa, 2017. 279 p.
• The principle of "parties' autonomy" and certain problems of its legal regulation by the legislation of Ukraine // The Rule of Law. 2017. Issue 28. P. 429–436.
•  Legal problems of determining the status, goals and activities of the New BRICS Development Bank // Current problems of international relations. Issue 123 (part II). K. , 2015. P. 82-89.
•  Private international law. Course of lectures. K., 2013. 175 p.
•  International family law. Course of lectures. K. , 2014. 128 p.
• Legal problems of cooperation between Ukraine and the Customs Union of the Eurasian Economic Community// «Law of Ukraine». No. 3–4. 2012. P. 98–105.