Наталія

• ABOUT ME
International lawyer with strong expertise in international humanitarian law and international criminal law, with extensive experience collaborating with key Ukrainian justice and law-enforcement institutions, including the Office of the Prosecutor General, regional prosecution offices—particularly Specialized Environmental Prosecutor’s Offices—as well as the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police of Ukraine.
• EDUCATION AND TRAINING
MASTER'S DIPLOMA, BACHELOR'S DIPLOMA, INTERNATIONAL LAW Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Field of study Law
• WORK EXPERIENCE
LEGAL CONSULTANT – GLOBAL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE – 01/02/2023 – Current

Deputy Team Lead Environment MJT
National Expert on the Pillage of Ukraine’s Natural Resources Project

Key responsibilities:
Organizational: Supervision of the team under the direction of the Team Lead, engagement with prosecutorial and other law-enforcement authorities, allocation of tasks among team members, quality control and review of deliverables prior to submission to the Team Lead.
Substantive: Drafting case reviews and providing legal and investigative support to the prosecution offices on criminal proceedings, including assessing the appropriateness of charges under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and their consistency with applicable international criminal law and international humanitarian law standards; providing legal advice to the Regional Prosecutor’s Offices and the Office of the Prosecutor General on other ICL/IHL-related matters; designing and delivering capacity-building training programmes for prosecutors and investigators.

Highlights
Trainings:
-Co-organized and co-delivered two landmark workshops on the investigation and prosecution of environmental war crimes for representatives of regional prosecution offices and the Office of the Prosecutor General.
-Co-organized and delivered a workshop on international humanitarian law for the Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor’s Office;
-Co-organized and co-delivered specialized case-building training for regional prosecution offices and the Office of the Prosecutor General on the investigation and legal qualification of the war crimes of appropriation and pillage of natural resources.
Provision of legal advice:
-Provided legal and investigative support to the Kherson Specialized Environmental Prosecutor’s Office in the investigation into the appropriation of Askania-Nova, including reviewing case materials, advising on the legal qualification, and developing the investigation plan.
-Provided legal and investigative support to the Kharkiv Specialized Environmental Prosecutor’s Office in the investigation into the destruction of the Oskil dam that resulted in the issuance of two notices of suspicion to the high-ranking commanders for the crime of ecocide and other war crimes.

LEGAL ASSISTANT – KNOETZL LAW FIRM – 07/2022 – 02/2023 – VIENNA, AUSTRIA

Responsibilities: legal research, conducting and drafting preliminary case assessments, drafting submissions, preparation for the oral hearings
Key highlights: worked on Casinos Austria v Macedonia, ICSID, Stay of Enforcement and Annulment Proceedings, several high-profile VIAC cases.

LEGAL ASSISTANT – PLATFORM FOR PEACE AND HUMANITY – 02/2021 – 05/2021

Responsibilities: legal research on human rights law; writing Weekly News Recaps on recent developments in international justice, peace and security; assistance with conference organizations
Key highlights: worked as part of the team on “Admissibility of war crimes committed by Russia before the International Criminal Court”; assistance with the project “The promotion of the universal right to peace”.

• PUBLICATIONS
2026
Russia's killing of nature: war crimes of different kind
Examining the applicability of the war crime of destruction of property to damage caused to the Ukraine’s Natural Reserve Fund.
Authors: Nataliia Pavlovych
• LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue(s):UKRAINIAN
Other language(s):

UNDERSTANDINGSPEAKINGWRITING
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user
• PROJECTS
2026 – CURRENT
FAO Working Group on the Implications of Armed Conflict on the Right to Food
Contributed substantive inputs on the implications of conflict-related environmental harm on the realization of the right to food with focus on the Ukrainian perspective.