Borys Volodymyrovych Babin (; born 12 March 1981, in Yevpatoria, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian politician. He is an ad hoc expert for OSCE, the Council of Europe, and Minority Rights Group International, as well as a Doctor of Laws and professor.
Early life and teaching Babin was born on 12 March 1981 in Yevpatoria, which was part of Crimea in the Ukrainian SSR at the time of his birth. He later received a Doctor of Laws. Afterwards, he headed the Department of Administrative and Criminal Law at the Odesa National Maritime Academy.
Since 2016, he has also served as a professor in the Department of International Law and Comparative Law of the International Humanities University (which is based in Odesa).
Poolitical career In 2014, Babin was appointed as the presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea, then transferred to Kherson due to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. He was then the Government Commissioner for the European Court of Human Rights from June 2015 to December 2015.
He officially assumed office as the presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea again on 17 August 2017. He resigned from the post on 3 December 2018.
He has since then served as Head of the Sector of the Institute of Legislation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
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External links Borys Babin International Humanitarian Uni... , Odessa · International Law and Comparative Jurisprudence Speech by Borys Babin, Lecturer, Department for Constitutional and International Law, Donetsk Law Institute, Ukraine Justice Ministry: The fourth appeal against Russia to the European Court of Human Rights means legal defense of citizens Ukrainian authorities do not pay attention to the problems of seafarers