14 Facts About Iryna Venediktova

Iryna Valentynivna Venediktova was born on 21 September 1978 and is a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, lawyer, Doctor of the Science of Law, professor.

Iryna Venediktova trained numerous Doctors of Philosophy: under her supervision passed one doctoral thesis and ten theses for PhD in Law.

Iryna Venediktova became the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy.

Iryna Venediktova became the first woman in the history of Ukraine which was the head of the state law enforcement agency.

On March 13,2020, Iryna Venediktova was appointed a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

On March 17,2020, Iryna Venediktova was appointed Prosecutor General.

Iryna Venediktova actively implemented digitalization of processes: Electronic criminal proceedings, the Paperless system.

Iryna Venediktova took personal control of high-profile criminal proceedings, which are under the close attention of the public, including the cases of journalists and activists.

On May 11,2021, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova criminally charged on a case of treason and violation of the laws and customs of war two MPs of the Ukrainian Parliament: Viktor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak.

In December 2021, Iryna Venediktova made the first, since 2002, working visit of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine to the United States Department of Justice, where she discussed important issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of combating crime.

Iryna Venediktova actively cooperated with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Iryna Venediktova initiated the creation, at the Office of the Prosecutor General, of the Task Force interdepartmental working group to find, arrest and confiscate the assets of persons involved in the Russian aggression and war crimes and related persons for the future subsequent seizure for rebuilding of Ukraine and for Ukrainians affected by actions of such persons.

On March 25,2022, at the borders crossing point Krakovets on the border of Ukraine and Poland, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova signed an agreement on the establishment of a Joint Investigation Group with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Poland to ensure a coordinated investigation into the crime of aggression, violation of laws and customs of war and committing other war crimes by Russian Federation.

In July 2022, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova presented Ukraine at the Ukraine Accountability Conference in the Hague.