Kateryna Busol
Kateryna Busol
Associate Professor of the Department of International and European Law
Dr Kateryna Busol is an Associate Professor of Law at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and a Head of Ukraine Programme at the International Center for Transitional Justice. As a practicing lawyer and scholar, Kateryna has worked on conflict-related sexual violence, crimes affecting cultural heritage, genocide, reparations and Ukraine's transitional justice process. She has collaborated with UN Women, Global Surirvors Fund, Global Rights Compliance, and leading Ukrainian human rights NGOs such as Truth Hounds and Media Initiatives for Human Rights. Since 2014, Kateryna has advised Ukrainian prosecutors and judges on armed conflict-related proceedings. Kateryna was a fellow at Chatham House and a visiting professional at the International Criminal Court’s Office of the Prosecutor.
Kateryna holds a Ph.D., LL.M., and LL.B. in International Law from the Institute of International Relations of the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University; an M.Sc. in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford (Alastair McBain International Human Rights Law Scholarship); and an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Cambridge (Cambridge-Ukraine Studentship).
Main publications:
Busol, Kateryna. (2024, May 07). Symposium on reproductive violence in international law: beyond sexual – reproductive and obstetric violence in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Opinio Juris. https://opiniojuris.org/2024/06/07/symposium-on-reproductive-violence-in-international-law-beyond-sexual-reproductive-and-obstetric-violence-in-russias-aggression-against-ukraine/
Busol, Kateryna, & Ní Aoláin, Fionnuala. (2024, May 17). Women are at the center of Ukraine’s path to justice and recovery. Just Security. https://www.justsecurity.org/95788/women-center-ukraine-recovery/
Busol, Kateryna. (2024). Reparations for atrocity victims in Ukraine: survivors’ aspirations and the emerging legal framework. The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art. The Human Agenda, 199–204. https://www.cjlpa.org/post/reparations-for-atrocity-victims-in-ukraine-survivors-aspirations-and-the-emerging-legal-framework
Busol, Kateryna. (2023). When the head of state makes rape jokes, his troops rape on the ground: conflict-related sexual violence in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Journal of Genocide Research, 25(3–4), 279–314. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623528.2023.2292344
Busol, Kateryna. (2023). Fallacy 8: “Ukraine’s pursuit of justice hinders peace”. In How to end Russia’s war on Ukraine. Safeguarding Europe’s future, and the dangers of a false peace (p. 36–40). Royal Institute of International Affairs. https://doi.org/10.55317/9781784135782
Campfens, Evelien, Jakubowski, Andrzej, Hausler, Kristin, & Selter, Elke. (2023). Protecting cultural heritage from armed conflicts in Ukraine and beyond (Kateryna Busol, Elmira Ablyalimova-Chyihoz, Dmytro Koval & Denys Yashnyi, Contributors). Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies. https://doi.org/10.2861/187214
Busol, Kateryna. (2022, June 20). If Ukraine’s fate is not a Menu à la Carte, then Ukrainian voices must be heard. EJIL: Talk! https://www.ejiltalk.org/if-ukraines-fate-is-not-a-menu-a-la-carte-then-ukrainian-voices-must-be-heard/
Kateryna holds a Ph.D., LL.M., and LL.B. in International Law from the Institute of International Relations of the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University; an M.Sc. in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford (Alastair McBain International Human Rights Law Scholarship); and an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Cambridge (Cambridge-Ukraine Studentship).
Main publications:
Busol, Kateryna. (2024, May 07). Symposium on reproductive violence in international law: beyond sexual – reproductive and obstetric violence in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Opinio Juris. https://opiniojuris.org/2024/06/07/symposium-on-reproductive-violence-in-international-law-beyond-sexual-reproductive-and-obstetric-violence-in-russias-aggression-against-ukraine/
Busol, Kateryna, & Ní Aoláin, Fionnuala. (2024, May 17). Women are at the center of Ukraine’s path to justice and recovery. Just Security. https://www.justsecurity.org/95788/women-center-ukraine-recovery/
Busol, Kateryna. (2024). Reparations for atrocity victims in Ukraine: survivors’ aspirations and the emerging legal framework. The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art. The Human Agenda, 199–204. https://www.cjlpa.org/post/reparations-for-atrocity-victims-in-ukraine-survivors-aspirations-and-the-emerging-legal-framework
Busol, Kateryna. (2023). When the head of state makes rape jokes, his troops rape on the ground: conflict-related sexual violence in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Journal of Genocide Research, 25(3–4), 279–314. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623528.2023.2292344
Busol, Kateryna. (2023). Fallacy 8: “Ukraine’s pursuit of justice hinders peace”. In How to end Russia’s war on Ukraine. Safeguarding Europe’s future, and the dangers of a false peace (p. 36–40). Royal Institute of International Affairs. https://doi.org/10.55317/9781784135782
Campfens, Evelien, Jakubowski, Andrzej, Hausler, Kristin, & Selter, Elke. (2023). Protecting cultural heritage from armed conflicts in Ukraine and beyond (Kateryna Busol, Elmira Ablyalimova-Chyihoz, Dmytro Koval & Denys Yashnyi, Contributors). Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies. https://doi.org/10.2861/187214
Busol, Kateryna. (2022, June 20). If Ukraine’s fate is not a Menu à la Carte, then Ukrainian voices must be heard. EJIL: Talk! https://www.ejiltalk.org/if-ukraines-fate-is-not-a-menu-a-la-carte-then-ukrainian-voices-must-be-heard/
