He was educated at Kyiv State University where he took LLM (Hons), and at King's College London, where he took an M.Phil.
in International Law with a thesis entitled The settlement of territorial and boundary disputes in central Africa.
[3] To be elected, successful candidates need an absolute majority in both the Security Council and the General Assembly.
The work, edited by Charles Jalloh and Olufemi Elias and published by Martinus Nijhoff Brill in July 2015, included contributions from four ICJ judges and noted African and non-African scholars of international law.
Koroma, Abdul G. "Solidarity: evidence of an emerging international legal principle."