Markiyan Klyuchkovskyi, a member of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Partner at Asters Law Firm, has been appointed to the position of executive director of the International Register of Damages Caused by Russian Aggression Against Ukraine. The candidacy of Mr. Klyuchkovskyi was supported by the Register member states’ consensus decision at the conference in Strasbourg on June 27, 2023.

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe will officially appoint Markiyan Klyuchkovskyi as the Register CEO. Earlier, on June 24, 2023, Mr. Klyuchkovskyi's candidacy for this position was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

As Asters Law Firm reported, due to the onset of a new stage in the career of Markiyan Klyuchkovskyi, since July 1, 2023, he is no longer the firm's partner. At Asters, Mr. Klyuchkovskyi was co-head of the international arbitration and litigation practice.

In May 2022, Markiyan Klyuchkovskyi was appointed a member of the Task Force for the development and implementation of international legal mechanisms for compensation for damages caused to Ukraine as a result of Russian armed aggression. Previously, he worked on the concept of the international reparation mechanism and participated in the negotiations that resulted in the UN General Assembly resolution of November 14, 2022, which recognized the need for such a mechanism.

We wish Mr. Klyuchkovskyi success and inspiration in his further work, the end result of which should be compensation by the aggressor country for all damages caused to Ukraine as a result of a full-scale invasion.

Reference: The International Register of Damages Caused by Russian Aggression Against Ukraine was created on May 17, 2023, at the Summit of Council of Europe Heads of State and Government held in Reykjavík. The headquarters of the Register will be located in The Hague, Netherlands. The Register will receive statements and evidence regarding damages, losses or injuries caused by Russian aggression against Ukraine. It is expected that the Register will become the basis for the future international complex compensation mechanism for victims of Russian aggression. Today, more than 40 countries and the European Union are members of the Register.