Dr. Anatoliy Yarovyi

Twenty years of practice across the Prosecutor’s Office, intelligence services and international law firms, now concentrated on INTERPOL and extradition work. Master of Law from Lviv University (2004) and LLM from Stanford University (2013); Doctor of Philosophy in Law, with a dissertation on covert investigative and intelligence activities.

What he handles

• Public international lawThe framework against which the Organization’s own instruments are read.
• Human rights groundsWhere compliance would expose a person to treatment contrary to fundamental standards.
• Evidence from state practiceCountry conditions and procedural history, assembled to a standard that survives review.
• Advisory workPersonal and business security, data protection and freedom of movement for exposed individuals.

Why that background matters here

Applications to the Commission are decided on a written file rather than in a hearing, and the difference between an argument and an evidenced ground is usually procedural knowledge of how the requesting state built its case. That is the part of the work his background covers — how the Commission decides.