Nadiia Liudvihivna Drozdovych

Education

• 2005 — Kyiv University of Law of the NAS of Ukraine, qualification in Law, Specialist diploma with honors;
• 2006 – Kyiv University of Law of the NAS of Ukraine, Master’s diploma with honors;
• 2006–2010 – postgraduate studies at the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the NAS of Ukraine;
• 2011 – defended her dissertation at the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine, titled “Formation of a Judge’s Inner Conviction in Ukrainian Criminal Proceedings.”

Academic Degree

Candidate of Legal Sciences (2012), specialty 12.00.09 — criminal procedure and criminalistics; forensic examination; operational-search activity

Professional Experience

• May–September 2005 – consultant in the administrative office supporting the Criminal Chamber of the Kyiv Court of Appeal;
• September 2005–April 2007 – head of the administrative office supporting the Criminal Chamber of the Kyiv Court of Appeal;
• April–December 2007 – assistant to a judge of the Kyiv Court of Appeal;
• December 2007–December 2017 – assistant to a judge of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Ukraine;
• December 2017–March 2019 – assistant to a judge of the Criminal Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court;
• March 2019–January 2022 – academic consultant in the unit supporting the Secretary and judges of the chamber, within the department supporting the First Judicial Chamber of the Secretariat of the Criminal Court of Cassation of the Supreme Court.

Professional Legal Status

Licensed to practice law (Certificate No. 21/2593 dated 4 June 2020).

Professional Interests

• Issues of proof in criminal proceedings
• Judicial activity and contemporary case law
• Judicial organization
• Application of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in national judicial proceedings

Professional Identifiers

ORCID: 0000-0002-0519-6909

h-index (Google Scholar): 6

Publications in Scopus and Category B Journals (2022–2025)

1. Drozdovych N. L. Admissibility of Evidence Obtained through Audio and Video Surveillance in Criminal Proceedings. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Current Problems of Legal Science,” Khmelnytskyi, 6 October 2022: collection of abstracts from the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Twenty-First Autumn Legal Readings.” Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, 2022. 403 p. P. 332–334.
2. Drozdovych N. L. Authorities Empowered to Investigate War Crimes in Ukraine: Criminal-Procedural Aspects of Proof. Word of the National School of Judges of Ukraine. No. 1–2 (38–39). 2022. P. 219–230.
3. Drozdovych N. L. Admissibility of Evidence Collected by Various Actors in Ukrainian Criminal Proceedings concerning War Crimes. Proceedings of the 13th International Scientific and Practical Conference Dedicated to Defenders of Ukraine Day (Kyiv, 19 October 2022). V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kyiv, 214 p. P. 110–115.
4. Drozdovych N. L. Quality of Legislation as a Vector of the 2021–2025 Anti-Corruption Strategy / N. L. Drozdovych // Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Legal Aspects of the Anti-Corruption Strategy through the Lens of National Security” (Kyiv, 9 December 2022). Kyiv University of Law of the NAS of Ukraine. Vinnytsia: Tvory LLC, 2023. 320 p. P. 82–89.
5. Drozdovych N. L. A Confession Made by a Person in Custody through Audio and Video Surveillance: Assessment and Admissibility of Evidence. Journal of Kyiv University of Law. No. 2–4. 2022. P. 150–156.
6. Nadiia Drozdovych. Genesis of Judicial Practice concerning the Procedural Designation of an Authorized Prosecutor and Investigator in Criminal Proceedings. European Science. No. 1, 2023. P. 67–72.
7. Drozdovych N. L. Contemporary Case Law on the Powers of Prosecutors and Investigators to Collect Evidence: Admissibility Issues. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Development of Legal Scholarship under Martial Law,” dedicated to Science Day in Ukraine (Kyiv, 17 May 2023). Kyiv University of Law of the NAS of Ukraine. Vinnytsia: Tvory LLC, 2023. 320 p. P. 168–173.
8. Drozdovych N. L. Genesis of Methodological Concepts for Reforming Ukraine’s Judicial System during Independence. Proceedings of the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference “The Constitution of Ukraine: Current State, Prospects, and Implementation Mechanisms,” dedicated to Constitution Day of Ukraine (Kyiv, 27 June 2023). Kyiv University of Law of the NAS of Ukraine. Vinnytsia: Tvory LLC, 2023. 348 p. P. 144–150.
9. Drozdovych N. L. Determining the Legal Nature of Gaps in Legislation: Its Role and Significance for the Effective Study of This Phenomenon. Constitutional State. Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University. Odesa: Feniks. Issue 55. 202 p. P. 164–171.
10. Drozdovych N. L. Contemporary Ukrainian Doctrine on the Phenomenon of Terrorism. Human and Civil Rights under Martial Law: Challenges and Protection Mechanisms: proceedings of the Scientific and Practical Conference, Kharkiv, 6 December 2024. Kharkiv: Pravo, 2024. 157 p. P. 45–50.
11. Drozdovych N. L., Chervinskyi O. V. Comparative Analysis of Criminal Liability for Domestic Violence in Peacetime and under Martial Law. Journal of Kyiv University of Law, 2025.