Borys Babin

Borys Babin
Бабін Борис Володимирович
December 2018
 Ukraine Presidential representative in Crimea
In office
17 August 2017 – 3 December 2018
Preceded byNatalia Popovych
Succeeded byIzet Hdanov (acting)
Personal details
BornBorys Volodymyrovyh Babin
(1981-03-12) 12 March 1981

Borys Volodymyrovych Babin (Ukrainian: Бабін Борис Володимирович; born 12 March 1981, in Yevpatoria, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian politician. He is an ad hoc expert for OSCE, the Council of Europe, and Minority Rights Group International, as well as a Doctor of Laws and professor.

Early life and teaching

Babin was born on 12 March 1981 in Yevpatoria, which was part of Crimea in the Ukrainian SSR at the time of his birth.[1] He later received a Doctor of Laws.[2][3] Afterwards, he headed the Department of Administrative and Criminal Law at the Odesa National Maritime Academy.[1]

Since 2016, he has also served as a professor in the Department of International Law and Comparative Law of the International Humanities University (which is based in Odesa).[1]

Poolitical career

In 2014, Babin was appointed as the presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea, then transferred to Kherson due to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. He was then the Government Commissioner for the European Court of Human Rights from June 2015 to December 2015.[1]

He officially assumed office as the presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea again on 17 August 2017.[4][5] He resigned from the post on 3 December 2018.[1]

He has since then served as Head of the Sector of the Institute of Legislation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Бабин Борис". LIGA (in Russian). 26 November 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  2. ^ Babin, Borys; Prykhodko, Anna. "Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Program Legal Regulation: Experience of Ukraine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Донецький юридичний інститут МВС України: 55 років на теренах освіти і науки". dli.donetsk.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Poroshenko appoints Borys Babin as his envoy to Crimea". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Borys Babin became the new Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea". PPU.GOV.UA. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Бабін Борис Володимирович". LB.ua. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2026.