The Protection of the Rights of National Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Ukraine: Theory and Practice

 Yevhenii Tkachenko 

PhD (Law), Assoc. Prof., Department of Constitutional Law of Ukraine, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine ye.v.tkachenko@nlu.edu.ua
0000-0003-2510-5362 

Dakhova Iryna 

PhD (Law), Assoc. Prof., Department of Constitutional Law of Ukraine, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine i.i.dahova@nlu.edu.ua
0000-0003-3252-2017 

Zoriana Zazuliak 

PhD (Political Science), Assist. Prof., Department of Political Science
and International Relations, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine zoriana.m.zazuliak@lpnu.ua
0000-0002-0098-9424 

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 

The authors declare no conflict of interest of relevance to this topic. Although one of the authors serves at the same institution as one of the editors of AJEE, which could cause a potential conflict or the perception of bias, the final decisions for the publication of this article, including the choice of peer reviewers, were handled by the editors and Editorial Board Members, who are not affiliated with the same institution. 

DISCLAIMER 

The authors declare that they were not involved in any state bodies, courts, or any other organisation’s activities related to the discussed views and case-law. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

The authors would like to express their gratitude to the reviewers and editors of the journal and to the English editor, Sarah White. 

CONTRIBUTORSHIP 

The authors contributed jointly to this study and the results; Yevhenii Tkachenko is responsible for the source exploration and writing; Iryna Dakhova and Zoriana Zazuliak are both responsible for the data collection, analysis, and interpretation; all the co-authors take responsibility for the content of the paper. The content of the note was translated with the participation of third parties under the authors’ oversight.