Judge Mykola Gnatovskyy holds an LL.M and a Ph.D. in International Law from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. 
Before joining the European Court of Human Rights in June 2022, he taught Public International Law at the Institute of International Relations of the same University, specialising in International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, and International Criminal Law (since 2002). Between 2009 and 2021, he was a member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), serving as its President for three consecutive terms (2015-2021). Dr Gnatovskyy is 1st Vice-President of the Ukrainian Association of International Law since 2017. He has been a member of editorial boards of international law journals published in Ukraine and other European countries.”