Alexander Muchnik (; ; born May 10, 1954, in Odesa, USSR) is a lawyer«Философия достоинства, свободы и прав человека»". — Киев: Парламентское издательство, 2009 г. ISBN 978-966-611-679-9 , human rights activist«Портрет правозащитника в социальном интерьере» — газета «2000», № 9 за 2.03.2016 г. (in Russian)http://dialogs.org.ua/ru/dialog/page152-2339.html (in Russian)«Правозащитник и губернатор — получится ли диалог?» — газета «2000», № 11 от 18.03.2016 г. (in Russian) (in Ukrainian) and journalist.Колонка Мучника А. Г. в газете «День» (in Russian)Колонка Мучника А. Г. на сайте «Украинская правда» (in Russian)Колонка Мучника А. Г. в газете «2000» (in Russian)
He is a founder and the president of the Dr. Haass Social Assistance Fund, which was the first non-profit non-governmental charitable organization in the Soviet Union. (in Russian)
He is also the president of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights. (in Ukrainian) (in Ukrainian) (in Russian) (in Russian)
Education In 1981, Muchnik graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law, Ilya Mechnikov State University of Odesa (now Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University).
His research is in the fields of constitutional law, philosophy of law, theory and history of state and law of the Soviet Union, organization of public authority.
Professional activity
Muchnik is the President of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights.
In 2002, he was appointed as an adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine.
He was also Scientific Advisor on human rights and constitutional law to the President of Ukraine from 2002 to 2005.Decree of President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian) (in Ukrainian)
In 2005, he was appointed as an adviser to the Secretary of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
He is an Honored Lawyer of Ukraine. (in Ukrainian)
He has authored several books, including Philosophy of dignity, freedom and human rights and Commentary on the Constitution of Ukraine (Book One).
He has also written on the concepts of constitutional political science,«Мы и Конституция» (вступительня статья к книге первой «Комментарий к Конституции Украины») (in Russian) semi-presidential republic in Ukraine,«Президент — адвокат народа». — Газета «Голос Украины», № 181 от 3.10. 2002 г. (in Russian) and constitutional reform in UkraineКонституционная реформа: цели, алгоритм, формы реализации. Газета «День» № 183 от 24.10.2007 г. (in Russian)
Among his other projects are the Charter of the city of Odesa,Проект Хартии города Одессы. — Газета «ЮГ», № 106,107 от 20.07.1999 г. (in Russian) Law of Ukraine "On civil society in Ukraine",Проект Закона Украины «О гражданском обществе в Украине». — Газета «Голос Украины», № 187 от 11.10.2002 г. (in Russian) a new edition of the Constitution of Ukraine;Проект Конституции Украины в новой редакции (in Russian) a number of comments on the fundamental rights of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;«Право на неприкосновенность человеческого достоинства» //русскоязычная версия журнала «Право Украины» № 2 за 2013 г. (in Russian)«Право на свободу» //русскоязычная версия журнала «Право Украины» № 3 за 2013 г. (in Russian)«Право на личную неприкосновенность». — Інтернет-издание «Украинский выбор» от 3.06.2013 г. (in Russian)«Право на неприкосновенность личной и семейной жизни, жилища и коммуникаций человека». — Інтернет-издание «Украинский выбор» от 25.07.2013 г. (in Russian)«Право на восстание». — Газета «2000» от 14.02.2014 г. (in Russian) and brochures about the Dr. Haass Social Assistance Fund (1991, New York, US).
Charity
Muchnik was the founder of the first non-governmental charitable organization in the Soviet Union, the Dr. Haass Social Assistance Fund.
He was one of the founders of the Janusz Korczak Institute of medical rehabilitation of children with central nervous system lesion (in Russian)
He was assisted by Boris Litvak in the creation of the Center for Rehabilitation of Disabled Children "The Future", better known as the "House with an angel"."House with an angel" (in Russian)
International activity
On May 28, 1991, Alexander Muchnik made a presentation on the history and activities of the Dr. Haass Social Assistance Fund in the Center for the Study of Philanthropy (New York City, United States), and a Brochure was published by the centre and distributed among the US charitable organizations.
On July 15, 1991, Muchnik gave a presentation on the activities of the Fund in the United Nations Office at Vienna Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs (Vienna, Austria).
Journalistic activities
He has many publications in Ukrainian media,.сайт «Украинский выбор» (in Russian) and is recognized as a founder of juridical publicism in Ukraine.
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