Iryna Mudra

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Dr. Iryna Mudra (LinkedIn – X) is Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and a leading legal policymaker on international accountability for Russia’s aggression. Appointed Deputy Minister of Justice in 2022 and then Deputy Head of the Office of the President in 2024, she has helped shape Ukraine’s work on justice, compensation, sanctions, and the legal foundations for a just and lasting peace.

She is a key architect of the international compensation mechanism for Ukraine, launching the Register of Damage and leading the negotiations on the Convention Establishing the International Claims Commission for Ukraine. She also leads Ukraine’s work on the creation of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

Dr. Mudra drives Ukraine’s judicial reform agenda, focusing on transparent, merit-based judicial selection and rule-of-law standards.

A lawyer by training, she previously led Oschadbank’s international disputes practice and secured an arbitral award of USD 1.3 billion in Oschadbank v. Russia.

Dr. Mudra received a Master’s Degree in Law from Ivan Franko National Law University of Lviv and a PhD in Law from the Research Institute of Private Law and Entrepreneurship named after Academician F.H. Burchak of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine.

Articles by this author:

Pigeons fly against a darkened, cloudy sky looming over a skyline of mid-rise buildings in the background and a destroyed concrete building in the foreground.

Ukraine and the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression: Redefining International Justice

Jun. 3, 2026 Iryna Mudra, Ambassador Anton Korynevych and 2 more

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset (R) speak at podiums in front of a light blue backdrop, next to the blue flag with a circle of gold stars that represents the European Union and the Council of Europe and the edge of a Ukrainian flag showing on the left edge of the image.

From Commitment to Action: The Next Steps in Holding Russia’s Leaders Accountable for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine

Feb. 18, 2026 Iryna Mudra, Ambassador Anton Korynevych and 1 more