Dr. Kateryna Busol

Kateryna Busol is a researcher at the IOS within the framework of a Volkswagen Foundation scholarship for refugee academics from Ukraine.

Kateryna Busol is a Ukrainian lawyer specialising in international human rights, humanitarian, criminal law, transitional justice, gender and cultural heritage. Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and a fellow at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies. Previously, Kateryna was a UN Women National Consultant on Transitional Justice and Prevention of and Response to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. Kateryna also collaborated with the Global Survivors Fund, the initiative of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, on a study on the needs and opportunities for conflict-related sexual violence survivors in Ukraine. She was a fellow at Chatham House, a legal consultant at Global Rights Compliance and a Visiting Professional at the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Kateryna is the founder of the #InternationalLawTalks media rubric and a Board member of the Cambridge Society of Ukraine, which enhances educational opportunities for Ukrainian children.