Alexander Muchnik
Alexander Muchnik (; ; born May 10, 1954, in Odesa, USSR) is a lawyer, human rights activist and journalist. 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. He is also the president of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights. 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. 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. He has authored several books, including Philosophy of dignity, freedom and human rights and Commentary on