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Gaiane Nuridzhanian
Job description
I am a lawyer from Ukraine, specialised in public international law, human rights law, and international criminal law. I hold an LLM degree in international law from University of Cambridge and a PhD degree in law from University College London. I have previously worked as a lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights and Council of Europe, and as a Visiting Legal Professional at the International Criminal Court.
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine: Jurisdiction, Immunities and Due Process
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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The Admissibility Decision in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia: Implications for State’s Exercise of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Time of War
Gaiane Nuridzhanian,
Sondre Torp Helmersen
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Rettsoppgjøret i Ukraina: de største utfordringene
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Ensuring Fairness of War Crimes Trials in Ukraine
2024 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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The Principle of ne bis in idem in International Criminal Law
Routledge 2024 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine - Domestic, International, or Somewhere In-Between
Gaiane Nuridzhanian,
Iryna Marchuk,
Dmytro Koval
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A View from Ukraine: Pursuing Justice in a Time of War
Gaiane Nuridzhanian,
Yuliya Chernykh,
Liliia Oprysk
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UA-KLAR Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
05. June 2026 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian,
Kari Aga Myklebost
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Krigsforbrytelser, Krigen i Ukraina | Rettsoppgjøret mot Russland er i gang
06. June 2026 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian,
Kari Aga Myklebost
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The wheels of justice are in motion for Russia’s unlawful war against Ukraine
04. June 2026 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian,
Sondre Torp Helmersen,
Apostolos Tsiouvalas,
Magne Frostad
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Who owns Greenland? And why it’s not for sale
16. April 2026 ARKIV
Magne Frostad,
Gaiane Nuridzhanian,
Alexander Lott
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Global security and other reasons you should care about international law
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Introduction to the Symposium on The Principle of ne bis in idem in International Criminal Law by Gaiane Nuridzhanian
Opinio juris 05. August 2025 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Accountability for forceful transfer of children from Ukraine to Russia
2025 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Reflections on the Symposium on The Principle of ne bis in idem in International Criminal Law by Gaiane Nuridzhanian
Opinio juris 07. August 2025 ARKIV
Liliia Oprysk,
Ingunn Lunde,
Svitlana Arabadzhy,
Yulia Yoffe,
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Russia's forcible deportation and indoctrination of Ukrainian children: Continuation of Russian colonial policies in Ukraine
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Importance of justice for international crimes committed in Ukraine
2024 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Pursuing justice for atrocity crimes in Ukraine: it’s more than meets the eye
2024 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Seeking justice before international courts and tribunals: why does it matter?
2024 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Destruction of culture as a manifestation of genocidal intent
2024 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian,
Carrie McDougall
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On Double Jeopardy, the ICC, and the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Justice for Atrocity Crimes and Human Rights Violations
Committed in Ukraine: the Role of Open-Source Evidence
2024 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Book presentation: The principle of ne bis in idem in international criminal law
2024 ARKIV
Kristian Åtland,
Geir Flikke,
Anne Gry Gudmundsdotter,
Olga Iermolenko,
Gaiane Nuridzhanian,
Martin Paulsen
et al.:
Norge må øke støtten til akademisk samarbeid med Ukraina
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Breakfast Briefing with Gaiane Nuridzhanian: The Principle of Ne Bis In Idem in International Criminal Law
2024 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Ukraine's experience with applying the Genocide Convention
2024 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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The principle of ne bis in idem in international criminal law
2024 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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«Nordmannen» etterforskes for krigsforbrytelser
Artem Galushko,
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Attacks on critical civilian infrastructure in Ukraine - a decade since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the impact of the war, its hybrid methods, and the relevance of justice.
2024 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Forceful imposition of foreign citizenship as discrimination and breach of the right to respect for private life
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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International Enough? A Council of Europe Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Викрадення українських дітей: ефективність міжнародної кримінальної юстиції? [Unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children: is international criminal justice effective?]
2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure: military necessity or a war crime?
2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Why Has Ukraine Not Ratified the Rome Statute? Myths and misunderstanding have prevented Kyiv from joining the ICC.
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Questions of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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ECHR in times of war: understanding Ukraine v Russia
2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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From ‘denazification’ to fighting ‘satanism’: unlawfulness of Russia’s ‘special military operation’, and efforts to prosecute atrocity crimes committed in Ukraine
2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Application of the ECHR in time of war
2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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FAKENEWS project: Governmental Powers under the European Convention on Human Rights to Counter Disinformation
2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Проблема для Путіна: які наслідки вже має ордер МКС на арешт президента РФ [Problem for Putin: What consequences does the ICC arrest warrant already have for Russia's President?]
Європейська правда [European Pravda] 2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Accountability for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine
2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Путіна - за ґрати. Усе, що треба знати про трибунал щодо агресії Росії [Putin behind the bars. All you need to know about the tribunal on Russia's aggression]
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Interview about the arrest warrant for Putin and Lvova-Belova issued by the International Criminal Court
18. March 2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Ensuring Fairness of War Crime Trials in Ukraine
2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Prosecution of Crimes Against Ukraine as A Driver of Evolution of International
Criminal Law
2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Перший крок до Гааги. Головні питання про ордер на арешт Путіна і чому це — справді історичне рішення [First step towards The Hague. Main issues related to Putin's arrest warrant and why it is a historic development]
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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All you need to know about the ICC’s arrest warrant for Putin: what it means
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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On current state of affairs in Ukraine: violations of human rights and international humanitarian law.
2023 ARKIV
Artem Galushko,
Gaiane Nuridzhanian,
Nandor Knust
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The response of international law to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
2023 ARKIV
Gaiane Nuridzhanian
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Putins propaganda: – Han har en plan også utenfor Russland
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Research interests
My research focuses on public international law. Most recently, I have written on the principle of ne bis in idem in international criminal law, right to fair trial, non-state courts, rules related to jurisdiction of and admissibility of cases before international courts and tribunals.
Teaching
Public International Law/Folkerett
Human Rights/Menneskerettigheter
Criminal Procedure/Straffeprosess
JUR-3615 European Human Rights
JUR-3626 International Criminal Law, Atrocity Crimes, and Transitional Justice
PhD Supervision
Elza Feijs, "An analysis of the evolution towards ecocentrism in case law connecting climate change and human rights" (2024-2025)
Ida Jørgine Bendiksen, "Barns rett til respekt for sitt familieliv" (2026- )
Member of research group / centre
CV
Education
- University College London, PhD (2015-2020), PhD thesis: ‘Ne bis in idem in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court’ (defended with no corrections)
- University of Cambridge, LLM (First Class) (2013-2014), Master thesis: ‘Decision on reparations in the Lubanga case from the perspective of human rights principle of presumption of innocence’
- Kyiv International University, Bachelor and Master Degree in International Law (Distinction) (2002-2007)
Work experience
Academic positions
UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø (2022-)
- Associate Professor (2024-)
- Head of the Research Group for Human Rights and International Law (2025-)
- Project Leader "Clarifying the legal framework for investment, EU integration and accountability in Ukraine" (2026-2027)
- Postdoc (2022-2023)
National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
- Associate Professor (2022-2023)
- Senior Lecturer (2020-2022)
Teaching Fellow at University College London Faculty of Laws (2016-2017)
Cambridge Pro Bono Project, Researcher (2013-2014)
Non-academic positions
- International Criminal Court, Chambers, Visiting Legal Professional (2019)
- International Advisory Panel on Ukraine, Council of Europe, Lawyer (2014-2015)
- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in Kyiv, Lawyer (2012-2013)
- European Court of Human Rights, Junior Lawyer (2008-2012)
- Konov & Sozanovskyy Law Firm, Junior Associate (2007-2008)
Visiting Researcher Positions
- University of Oxford, Faculty of Law (2026)
- UiT-Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law (2020-2022)
- University of Oslo, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (2017-2018)
Public positions
- Member of the Steering Group, Norwegian Network for Research on Ukraine (UKRAINETT) (2024-)
- Advisory Board Member, International Human Rights module (ECHR), Oxford Reports on International Law (2020-2026)
- Member of Advisory Group Reforms for reintegration, Ukraine Reform Conference 2022 (URC 2022)