Andrii Nekoliak
anekoliak.bsky.social
Andrii Nekoliak
@anekoliak.bsky.social
re:constitution Fellow 2025/2026. Prv: Konrad Adenauer Visiting Fellow at ChlCologne | Researcher at TMCAsser, University of Amsterdam (MEMOCRACY_team) | PhD in Political Science University of Tartu.
Pleased to share my new op-ed on Verfassungsblog.
Ukraine’s judiciary reformers never rest — but perhaps that’s the problem.
I unpack the latest Venice Commission Opinion and call for a shift in Ukraine’s reformist narrative.
#Ukraine #RuleOfLaw #VeniceCommission #JudicialReform
The Venice Commission cautions against reformist overreach in Ukraine, warning that the country’s judicial reform risks becoming disproportionate experimentation.

ANDRII NEKOLIAK agrees and argues that the judiciary reform must proceed in a more measured way:

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October 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Thrilled to share my chapter “Das Verfassungsgericht der Ukraine: Juristische Leistungsfähigkeit und Verfassungsrechtsprechung vor und nach der russischen Invasion 2022” in the newly published volume Das politische System der Ukraine.
#Ukraine #RuleOfLaw #ConstitutionalLaw
August 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
New on Opinio Juris @opiniojuris.bsky.social: Our op-ed (co-written by Roman Nekoliak) analyzes a decade of engagement between Ukraine and the Venice Commission, highlighting implications for comparative constitutional law.
August 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Reposted by Andrii Nekoliak
Ukraine and the Venice Commission: A Pattern of Mutual Influences over the Last Decade

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Ukraine and the Venice Commission: A Pattern of Mutual Influences over the Last Decade
[Andrii Nekoliak is a re:constitution Fellow 2025/2026. He was previously a MEMOCRACY postdoctoral researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Institute and Konrad Adenauer Junior Fellow at the University of Co…
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August 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Excited to share my new article published in EPPS Journal (@eepsjournal.bsky.social). I examine what drives Ukraine’s recent shift in prosecuting historical memory offenses.
🔗 Link in comments (open access)
#Ukraine #MemoryLaws #SocioLegal #CriminalJustice
August 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I am delighted to see this final output of the MEMOCRACY consortium out! Happy to have worked with Paula, Dovilė, and Mirosław on the project.
How does the official understanding of the past in European countries differ, and how is it reflected in various legal measures?

ANDRII NEKOLIAK, PAULA RHEIN-FISCHER, MIROSŁAW M. SADOWSKI & DOVILĖ SAGATIENĖ on the diversity of legal governance of memory in Europe.
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January 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM