Volodymyr Butkevych Explained

Volodymyr Butkevych
Native Name:Володимир Буткевич
Native Name Lang:uk
Office1:Member of the Verkhovna Rada
Convocation1:2nd convocation
Constituency1:Pohrebyshche[1]
Term Start1:1994
Term End1:1998
Birth Date:2 August 1946
Birth Place:Kantelyna, Illintsi Raion, Vinnitsa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Volodymyr Hryhorovych Butkevych (Boutkevich) (Ukrainian: Володимир Григорович Буткевич; born August 2, 1946) is a Ukrainian scholar and human rights lawyer. From 1996 until 2008 he was the Ukrainian judge at the European Court of Human Rights.[2]

In 1994 he was a head of a provisional committee of the Verkhovna Rada to settle Crimean issues.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Butkevych Volodymyr Hryhorovych. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
  2. Web site: CV at the time of 2001 reappointment to the court . 2010-12-11 . Council of Europe.