International and Comparative Law Department

International and Comparative Law Department has been functioning as a separate department of the Institute of International Relations since 1998. The teaching is provided by highly qualified doctors and candidates of Law, professors and associate professors.

The department is headed by professor Tetiana V. Danchenko.

The Department provides teaching of the following subjects:

International public law, international private law, international treaties law, law of international organizations, international legal environment protection, international litigation, international air law, international investment law, international maritime law, international commercial arbitration, the legal system today, comparative constitutional law, comparative administrative law, comparative criminal law, comparative civil and family law, comparative legal system, history of international law, international economic law and others.

A number of unique subjects that are copyrighted portfolio of the specialists of the department are introduced in the educational process in International Law and taught only in Kyiv International University; among them are: international labour law, the Agreement on Partnership and Co-operation between Ukraine and EU, problems of integration of Ukraine into the EU legal space, the international protection of intellectual property, legal regulation of interference, the EU economic law, EU environmental law.

In general, the department provides teaching in Ukrainian and English of more than 50 subjects. Much attention is paid to the practical orientation of training. Among the lecturers of the department there are professional practitioners who share their own practical experience with the students. They are employees of ministries and departments, committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Priority of the department is the combination of theoretical knowledge with practical skills of students. The study of number of different practical courses contributes to it, namely: the jurisprudence of the Council of Europe, the practical course of international law, international trial which takes place at the court room "Moot Court”. This year another practical training started its work which is held by the prominent U.S. lawyers - the use of the jury in the United States. In addition, students of the specialty "International law" have practical training in such institutions and government bodies like committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Supreme Court of Ukraine, Council of Europe Information Centre in Ukraine, the International Red Cross, etc.

Due to well-organized practical training, KyIU students are constantly involved in various international competitions. KyIU teams overcome national barriers to participate in prestigious European and international competitions. Nine years straight teams of international lawyers trained by our professors won prizes in the national and international rounds of such prestigious international student competitions as competition for international public law named after B. Telders and Competition named after Jessup.

Thus, in 2004 KyIU team was ahead of world famous Harvard, in 2003 that team entered the top five best teams of the International Competition named after B. Telders and in 2001 took the second place at the competition.

In 2003, students of KyIU represented Ukraine in the most prestigious competition of International Humanitarian Law named after Jeanne Pikte (Athens, Greece).

In 2007 fourth year students in International Law participated in the international competition "International criminal court model” which took place in Poland and took a second place.

Moreover, in May 2008 Kyiv International University was a co-organizer with the International Committee of the Red Cross of the International student competition in international humanitarian law for students of higher educational institutions in Ukraine and Moldova. The KyIU team also participated in competitions and presented our University in a worthy manner.

In February 2009 a KyIU team won the national round of the Competition named after F. Jessup and in April presented KyIU and Ukraine in Washington city at the international round.