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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed Ivan Lischyna as commissioner for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

This is stipulated in the government’s instruction No. 443 dated June 24, 2016.

Lischyna works as a lawyer and represents citizens’ rights in the ECHR.

As reported, the Cabinet of Ministers dismissed Borys Babin as government commissioner for the ECHR on December 16, 2015.