Zakhar Tropin

Zakhar Volodymyrovych Tropin (; born 27 June 1980, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian international lawyer and a representative of the Kyiv school of international law. He is a Candidate of Juridical Sciences, docent (2013), and Associate Professor at the Department of International Law of the Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He is the author of works on international law, jurisdictional immunities of states, peaceful settlement of international disputes, the work of international judicial and arbitral institutions, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and the international responsibility of states.

Biography

Tropin was born on 27 June 1980 in Kyiv into a family of educators. Since August 2025 he has held various positions in the legal department of Naftogaz of Ukraine. He obtained his certificate as a practising attorney in 2010. the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine,

and the International Compensation Mechanism.

As an expert he has participated in seminars and trainings on international humanitarian law organised by human rights organisations, including the ZMINA Human Rights Centre, the OSCE, and the Ukrainian Red Cross Society.

Academic work

Tropin's main areas of academic interest are public international law, peaceful settlement of international disputes, state responsibility, the work of international judicial and arbitral institutions, international economic law (including international trade and investment law), jurisdictional immunities, and international criminal justice. Pravova Derzhava (Rule-of-Law State), the Ukrainian Journal of International Law, Security and Defence Quarterly, and others.

He is the sole author of the monograph Means of Settlement of International Disputes under the Energy Charter Treaty: State and Problems of Implementation (2012) He is also a co-author of the collective monographs Legal Framework for the Security of the Azov–Black Sea Region (2022) and Per aspera ad astra (2025).

Public and expert activity

Tropin regularly appears as an expert on international law in Ukrainian and foreign media. His analytical articles have been published in The Kyiv Independent, New Eastern Europe, Atlantic Council UkraineAlert, ZMINA, Yur-Gazeta, VCTR.Media, Ukrinform, and Radio Liberty.

His publications cover the international responsibility of the Russian Federation, the establishment of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression and an international compensation mechanism, the application of international humanitarian law, issues of international criminal law, and the jurisdiction of international courts and arbitral tribunals.

Selected publications

Tropin, Z. V. Means of Settlement of International Disputes under the Energy Charter Treaty: State and Problems of Implementation. Kyiv: Feniks, 2012. Tropin, Z. V.; Korotkyi, T. R. "Jurisdictional Immunity and Immunity of State Property". Pravova Derzhava, 2023. Tropin, Z. "Why Washington's approach to punishing Russia won't work". The Kyiv Independent, 2023.