Illia Chernohorenko

Illia served as the Director-General for the Rule of Law Directorate at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (2018-2019) and consulted the President of Ukraine within the dedicated commission on legal reform (2019-2020). Before this, Illia acted as a Senior Assistant to the President of the Supreme Court and the representative of the Supreme Court in Ukraine for the Superior Courts Network established by the European Court of Human Rights under Protocol 16 to foster judicial dialogue and collaboration.

In recent years, Illia has managed various justice sector reform projects in Europe and Asia within international organisations including the Council of Europe (more details here and here), the European Union, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (more details here and here). His professional experience also includes serving as a Visiting Professional at the International Criminal Court, Appeals Chamber (2020-2021).

Illia was graduated with master’s degrees in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford (New College, 2021), and in International Dispute Resolution from the Queen Mary University of London (Chevening Scholar, 2017). He is also a member of the European Law Institute (ELI) and recently participated in the ELI High-Level Expert Group on the seizure of assets to address human rights violations, led by Sir Geoffrey Vos (more details here).

Since January 2025, Illia has been a graduate research resident at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, focusing on his DPhil project on repurposing assets owned by aggressor states as redress for human rights violations, as well as research on inter-State applications before the ECtHR and the broader implementation of ECtHR judgements against respondent states' assets.