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Denys Chernyshov

Ukrainian statesman, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine in 2016–2019.

Overview

Denys Chernyshov headed the work stream of the Ministry of Justice concerning the protection of the state interests of Ukraine in international judicial bodies against the russian federation.

In his speech at the roundtable "Crimea is Ukraine. Documentary Evidence in the Archives of Ukraine" (15 February 2019), he outlined the legal status of the "Ukraine v. russia (Crimea)" case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the role of documents of the National Archival Fund.

Key Details / Subtopics

  • Publication in the collection: Foreword (the collection "Crimea is Ukraine", 2019, pp. 7–8).
  • Legal impeccability of 1954: He emphasized that archival documents confirm the legally flawless formalization of the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the RSFSR to the Ukrainian SSR in February 1954.
  • Evidence base for the ECHR: Archival sources and the contemporary documentation of russian federation crimes form the basis of international court proceedings.