Yuri Alexandrovich Boychenko

Born: 30.10.1958
Place of birth: Nikolaev, Ukraine
Citizenship: Russian Federation
Permanent address: Moscow, Krilatskie Holmy, 33-2-229

Education:
1980-1989	Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University), Faculty of International Law. Field of studies - international public and private law, constitutional law, international economic relations, political economy, philosophy.
1997-present	Post-graduate research (Ph.D. in International law) at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Federation.
Employment:
08.1989-12.1992	Attaché, Third secretary, Department on Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
12.1992-06.1997	Third, Second, First secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
07.1997-present	Head of Division, Department on Compatriot Affairs and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Participation in international fora:
1992-2002	UN Commission on Human Rights
1993-2001	UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
1995-2002	Working Group on a Draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
1997-2000	Working Group on the Establishment of a UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
2000	Vice-Chairman, European Conference Against Racism
2001	World conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
Member of the delegation of the Russian Federation at various UN Working Group on the elaboration of major human rights documents.

Knowledge of languages:

Russian - mother tongue
English, Ukrainian, French

Author of a number of articles on international law and human rights issues, including on indigenous issues (international mechanisms for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples etc.). Former member of the Russian Organizational Committee on the UN Decade of Indigenous Peoples.