Address : 43-54 Nauki prospekt St. Petersburg , Russia 195256 Tel.: +7 812 5340152 or 79052228915 |
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| Education | Candidate of sciences (equivalent to LL.M. in international law (2006, expected). St. Petersburg State University , Russia. International Human Rights Training Program & Human Rights Internet, Montreal, Canada, June 2003 Human Rights Advocacy Training, European Youth Center in Budapest , March 2003 Michigan State University , USA , 2001/02. A course in medical (health care) law, constitutional law, human rights law and bioethics Inter-university Center , Dubrovnik , Croatia Course in Human Rights and Medicine (elderly and mentally disabled patients), June 2001 Central European University , Budapest , Hungary Course in Health Care Law from a Comparative and European Perspective (July 2000) Petrozavodsk State University , Russia Lawyer (1999) Graduation with distinction Petrozavodsk State University , Russia Medical doctor (1998) Graduation with distinction
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| Professional experience | Staff attorney, Mental Disability Advocacy Center (since 2004) Legal advisor, Karelian Regional Advocacy Organization (2000-2004). Duties include human rights advocacy (legal counseling, monitoring law reform, advising staff on legal issues, and legal aid to the community on assignment of the director), grant writing and participation in various activities of the organization, including preparing workshops and conferences. Assistant lecturer , Petrozavodsk State University (since 1999). Lecturing in constitutional law, human rights law, international law and medical law. Program coordinator (intern), International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, San Francisco , CA , USA (May-July, 2002). Duties included supervising the Asylum program, maintaining database of cases and documentation to support asylum claims, drafting legal documents. Research assistant , Michigan State University , USA (Jan-May 2002). Duties included doing legal research for College of Law . Staff lawyer , State Hospital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia (1998 – 2001). Duties included legal counseling for hospital administration, physicians, and patients, representing the Hospital in courts and administrative bodies, preparing presentations for the staff.
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| Research experience | Oct 1999-Feb 2003 Implementation of the International Right to Health. Dissertation research. March 2002-April 2002 The right to health and cybermedicine: independent research at Michigan State University (article published in Journal of Eurasian Research 2002 V. 2). Jan 2002-May 2002 Issues in Constitutional Law. Directed Research at Michigan State University , Detroit College of Law. Sept 2001-Jan 2002 Prohibition of Human Cloning: an American and European Perspective. Directed Research at Michigan State University (presented at XV World Congress on Medical Law). Nov 2000-May 2001 Constitutional Development of Finland.
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| Publications | Books: Fundamentals of Constitutional Law of Finland . St. Petersburg , 2003 Articles: The right to health and cybermedicine. Journal of Eurasian Research 2002 V. 2. Prohibition of Human Cloning: an American and European Perspective (co-authored with Elizabeth P. Foley). Proceedings of the XV World Congress on Medical Law . 2002. The right to health in the context of the European integration. Pravovedeniye Law Review .2002.V.4. International response to human cloning. Legal Thought Journal . 2002. V. 7.
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Invited presentations |
April 2003 International complaint procedures and the rights of people with mental disabilities . Round Table “Promoting Human Rights and Freedoms of People with Disabilities in the Context of Legal Representation Work” Petrozavodsk , Russia . March 2003 Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms in the CEE Region . Human Rights Advocacy Training, Budapest , Hungary . Nov 2002 Euthanasia and International Law . Russian Association of International Law, annual meeting. Oct 2002 Teaching medical law and bioethics in Russia : the challenges and perspectives . Petrozavodsk State University , School of Law . Aug 2002 Prohibition of Human Cloning: an American and European Perspective , XV World Congress on Medical Law, Maastricht , the Netherlands . May 2001 The scope of the international right to health . 2 nd Conference of Russian Academics, Samara , Russia . June 2000 Russian Legislation on Bioethics . Human Rights and Medicine, annual conference. Inter-university Center Dubrovnik , Croatia
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| Professional membership | Ethical Committee, the State Hospital of the Republic of Karelia Russian Association of International Law
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| Language skills | Russian – native speaker English – fluent Finnish – very good Polish, Ukrainian, Byelorussian – good understanding of spoken and written texts
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