Viktor Chumak

Director

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phone: (380-44) 484-4400

Viktor Chumak is a PhD in law, an assistant professor and a Major-General in Justice. During his military service, Mr. Chumak held command positions in the Armed Forces of the USSR. Mr. Chumak was one of the founders of the National Academy of the State Border Service. He is the author of 12 research papers and also headed and participated in working groups to develop 11 laws. From 2001 to 2004, he was a permanent member of the Ukrainian delegation involved in negotiations with the European Commission on the Ukraine–EU Action Plan in terms of justice, civil rights and re-admission. From 2002 to 2004, he headed an informal group under the Administration of the State Border Service to study experience in reforming border services and transforming law enforcement bodies in Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the US.

Areas of Research:

• reform of the law enforcement branch and the military
• migration policy
• military cooperation

Publications:
ICPS Newsletter No. 312 (March 6, 2006) Illegal migration in Ukraine			45 Kb
ICPS Newsletter No. 305 (January 16, 2006) Ukraine’s energy policy must be revised in the light of Russia’s gas “blackmail”			45 Kb
ICPS Newsletter No. 294 (October 17, 2005) Readmission treaty is unlikely to make Ukraine a migration buffer of the EU			46 Kb
ICPS Newsletter No. 289 (September 12, 2005) A basic concept for reforming the law enforcement system in Ukraine			47 Kb