Krystyna Vysotska

My Background:
In the period 2015 - 2019, I worked as a lawyer, attorney in consulting, and in litigation in multiple law firms.
Results of work in the Mental Health for Ukraine project:
- work on an analytic report of Ukrainian legislation in the mental health area, where I analyzed Ukrainian legislation according to international standards, highlighted human rights violations of people using psychiatric and social care services, and made recommendations for improving Ukrainian legislation in mental health. Then I presented the results of my work at the government round table in autumn 2020.
- the creation of advocacy materials to stimulate legislative changes and concluded the main findings of the analysis in an executive summary based on the report.
- I am a co-author of MEDIA GUIDE. This material aimed to help the media not only prepare materials on mental health but also create a human-centered and non-stigmatizing discourse.

EDUCATION

2010-2015 - Lviv Ivan Franko National University, Lviv, UA, Master of Laws
Fall 2019 - IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, USA, Master of Laws in U.S., International and Transnational Law (LLM).
May 2020 – course: Mental Health, Human rights and Recovery, WHO, online.
October-December 2021 - International school of facilitation, CEASC, online