Malysheva Natalia Rafaelivna

Chief Researcher of the Department of Agrarian, Land, Environmental and Space Law, Doctor of Law, Professor, Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics

born April 25, 1952, Kyiv

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MALYSHEVA Natalia Rafaelivna — Doctor of Law (1996), Professor (2001), Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Astronautics and Astronautics of Ukraine (2008), Honored Lawyer of Ukraine (1992), Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (2007), Member of the International Institute of Space Law of the International Astronautical Federation (2003), Winner of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology (2005).

In 1974 she graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law of the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University (now Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University). All further scientific activities are associated with the V.M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the NAS of Ukraine: research intern, junior researcher, senior researcher, doctoral student, leading researcher. Since 2011 — Head of the Department (initially space and environmental law, since 2016 — problems of agrarian, land, environmental and space law). At the same time, Deputy Director of the International Center for Space Law at the same Institute. In 1993, she completed a course in EU environmental law and policy, receiving a corresponding certificate from the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).

In 1979, she defended her candidate's thesis on the topic: «Environmental protection from noise impact (legal and organizational issues)», and in 1996, she defended her doctoral thesis on the topic: «Harmonization of environmental legislation in Europe».

Areas of scientific activity — international and national environmental law, international and national space law, European law.

Participated in the development of draft laws of Ukraine «On Environmental Protection», «On Air Protection», «On the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine», «On Waste», «On Hunting and Game Management», «On Drinking Water and Drinking Water Supply», «On Environmental Audit», the Water Code of Ukraine, etc.

As a legal expert, she actively participates in international lawmaking. In particular, in 1994, while on a research internship in France, she was involved in the development of a draft Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between Ukraine and the European Communities and their Member States. In 2016—2017, as part of an international Working Group, she worked on developing a Declaration on Ethical Principles Related to Climate Change. She is a UN expert on space law education, a UNESCO expert on climate issues. She was involved in developing concepts and strategies for the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Framework Convention on Climate Change and some other international legal documents in Ukraine.

She has published over 500 scientific papers, including: monographs:

• «Protection of the environment from noise exposure (legal and organizational issues)» (1981),
• «Harmonization of environmental legislation in Europe» (1996),
• «Legislation: problems of effectiveness» (co-authored, 1995),
• «Economic and legal issues of ecology» (co-authored, 1996),
• «Citizens' Property» (co-authored, 1997),
• «Biodiversity of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve» (co-authored, 1997),
• «Environmental Control: Issues of Theory and Practice» (co-authored, 1999),
• «Court Protection of Citizens' Environmental Rights» (co-authored, 2001),
• «Legal Principles for the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Ukraine» (2003),
• «Essays on Space Law» (2010),
• «International Environmental Law: Status and Development Prospects» (2010),
• «Strengthening the Financial Sustainability of Protected Areas of Ukraine» (et al., 2011),
• «Space Journeys» (et al., 2012),
• «Theory and Practice of Constitutionalization of Sectoral Legislation of Ukraine» (co-authored, 2013),
• «Policy of Energy Efficient Development in the Context of Climate Change» (co-authored, 2014);

Collective Textbooks:

• «Land Law» (2001),
• «Environmental Law of Ukraine» (2001),
• «Reserve Case in Ukraine» (2003),
• «Environmental Law of Ukraine: Academic Course» (2005, 2008);
• «Problems of Environmental Safety Law» (2016), numerous commentaries on legislation, including — Scientific and Practical Commentary to the Law of Ukraine «On Environmental Protection» (2017). Author of the French-Ukrainian and Ukrainian-French Legal Dictionary (2017).

He is a member of the editorial board of numerous scientific and scientific-practical journals and collections: «Prudential State», «State and Law», «Judicial Appeal», «Air and Space Law», «Environmental Law of Ukraine»,«Bulletin of the Luhansk State University of Internal Affairs» and others.

A number of scientific works on international and comparative space law have been published as part of international creative teams and published in leading foreign publications. This includes, in particular, the collective monograph «National Regulation of Space Activities». — Springer Science+Business Media B.V. — 2010 (in English), which received the first prize of the International Academy of Astronautics in 2011; «Cologne Commentary on Space Law (in three volumes). Volume II «The 1975 Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space (REG)» — Cologne. — 2013 (in English), «Analysis and Piloting of Public Policy», 2010 (co-authored with scientists from France, Belgium and Switzerland). An individual monograph by N.R. Malysheva, «Space Law and Policy of the Post-Soviet Countries», is being prepared for publication. Eleventh Edition. 400 p.

She has repeatedly represented Ukraine in international organizations, in particular, the UN system: in 1989, in the UN Committee on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage; since 2000 — in the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and its Legal Subcommittee.

She participated in numerous international, in particular — European, projects on environmental and space issues. From 2013 to 2016, she headed the direction «Legal and Political Aspects of Active Space Debris Removal» in the European-Ukrainian project LEOSWEEP «Strengthening safety in low-Earth orbit with an extended electrical installation», which was successfully completed and accepted by the European Commission.

She has repeatedly been to universities in Western Europe (France, Belgium, Switzerland) as a visiting professor, where she gave lectures on comparative law. Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Poitiers (France). He is a member of numerous international and national public organizations and professional associations of an environmental and space profile. Head of the section on legal foundations of nature use of the All-Ukrainian Society for Nature Conservation, member of the Board of this organization.

She was a scientific consultant on the successfully defended doctoral theses of A.M. Miroshnychenko (2010), V.M. Komarnytsky (2012), P.O. Gvozdyk (2013), N.V. Barbashova (2013), N.R. Kobetskaya (2016), as well as a scientific supervisor for about 25 candidate theses in environmental and international law.

Awarded with the Order of Merit of the 3rd degree (2019), Diploma of Honor of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2009), CMU diplomas, diplomas of honor of the Presidium of the NAS of Ukraine, the National Space Agency of Ukraine (2002, 2012), Gratitudes of the Head of the Kyiv City State Administration, etc.

Among scientific awards and distinctions: Medal of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine with a prize for young scientists (1982); D.Z. Manuilsky Prize of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1991), Prize of the Union of Lawyers of Ukraine (2002), Prize of the International Academy of Astronautics for the best scientific work in the field of space activities (2011), Prize of St. Volodymyr (2016), Prize named after Yaroslav the Wise (2020).

Research Gate:https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Nataliia-Malysheva-2189535987