Declaration of interests

Pursuant to paragraph 17 of the Code of conduct for members of the Parliament Assembly

I, the undersigned, on my honour and in full knowledge of the Code of conduct for members of the Parliamentary Assembly, hereby declare

Mr MEREZHKO, Oleksandr

Ukraine

Published on: 25/02/2020 00:03:54Pdf version

Remunerated professional activities, offices and positions, in the public or private sector, regular or occasional, whether as an employee, liberal professional or as a self-employed person, including the parliamentary mandate and local elective offices, exercised or held at present and during the last two calendar years.

	Professionnal activity, office, position	Frequency	Amount of income
A1	Professor at the O.P. Jindal Global University, 2018	Occasional	273000 UAH
A2	Head of the Department of Law at the Kyiv National Linguistic University, till August 2019	Permanent	109798 UAH
A3	Professor at the State Fiscal Service University of Ukraine, 2018	Occasional	2986 UAH
A4	People`s Deputy at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Foreign Affair and Interparliamentary Ties, 2019 and current	Permanent	336295 UAH

Activities, employment positions and offices in corporations, institutions or enterprises, public or private, domestic or foreign, as a director, manager, senior executive, shareholder, including notably on boards of directors, administrative boards or supervisory boards, exercised or held at present and during the last two calendar years.

Participation, whether remunerated or unremunerated, as a member of a management or advisory body (management, supervisory, advisory or administrative board) of institutions or non-commercial enterprises such as NGOs, associations, charities, foundations, clubs, public or private, domestic or foreign, exercised or held at present and during the last two calendar years.

	Name of the institution or enterprise, and position held	Amount of income (if remunerated)	Expenses covered
C1	Member of the Specialized Scientific Council for the Defence of Doctoral Dissertations at the V.M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
C2	Member of the Ukrainian Association of International Law
C3	Member of the American Association of International Law

Occasional activities, mandates, missions and positions, whether remunerated or unremunerated, as consultant, advisor, expert, lobbyist, lecturer, etc. performed at present and during the last two calendar years, including abroad.

	Activity, mandate, mission, position	Start date	End date	Amount of income (if remunerated)
D1	Participant of the Seminar on the Implementation of the ECHR: Key role of the Parliament. Strasbourg, France.	07/11/2019	08/11/2019
D2	Expert at the Institute of Direct Democracy	03/06/2019	15/07/2019
D3	Participant of the training for elected People's Deputies of Ukraine (the Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation), organized by Political Party "Servant of People"	29/07/2019	03/08/2019	23952 UAH

Membership of friendship groups or interparliamentary relations groups.

	Friendship groups and position held (chair, vice-chair or member)
E1	Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Vice President; Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group, Member
E2	Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with the Republic of Cuba
E3	Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with Australia
E4	Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with the Swiss Confederation
E5	Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with Japan
E6	Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with the Kingdom of Sweden
E7	Deputy Head of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with Ireland

Support, whether financial or in terms of staff or material, donations, including sponsorships and money gifts granted by third parties (additional to that provided by the national parliament and the national political party), accepted during the previous calendar year.

Gifts, of a value in excess of 200 €, and other benefits and hospitality (such as meals, travel, transportation, accommodation, sporting or cultural events, etc.), offered by a legal or natural person, including when they are bestowed abroad, accepted during the previous calendar year.

Trips and visits abroad and sponsored travels, where the travel, accommodation or subsistence expenses were covered in full or in part by a third party, whether a legal or natural person (other than your national parliament, your national government, or the Parliamentary Assembly), either by public or private funds, during the previous calendar year.

Miscellaneous – any other relevant interests which do not fall into the other categories mentioned which might influence the performance of my duties in the Parliamentary Assembly, in particular as rapporteur or member of an election observation mission.

Declaration of any relevant economic, commercial, financial or other interests, whether professional or personal, of the spouse and other family members, as well as paid or voluntary staff, which might influence the performance of my duties in the Parliamentary Assembly, in particular as rapporteur or member of an election observation mission (Those persons named in this section acknowledge that they have been informed and give their consent).

Comments or explanatory statement in connection with this declaration.


K1	Incomes shown in A4 include cover of expenses related to the duties of MP of Ukraine (156 778 UAH in 2019)