Dr. Grigory Vaypan is a Russian human rights attorney and scholar. He is a Senior Lawyer at Memorial, Russia's oldest human rights group and laureate of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Currently, he is also a Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington, D.C.

At Memorial, Grigory carries out litigation, legal research and legal advocacy campaigns on transitional justice in Russia. His work, including the high-profile “children of the Gulag” case, has been featured by The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, and other leading international media. He is now involved in the defense of Russian citizens who have been prosecuted for speaking out against the war in Ukraine.

Grigory holds his first law degree from Moscow State University, a LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and a Ph.D. in International Law from Saint Petersburg State University. He is the recipient of the 2022 Moscow Helsinki Group Human Rights Award, Russia's most prestigious award in the field of human rights.

This event is cosponsored by the Law School's International Programs, Human Rights Law Society, and International Law Society.

Lunch will be provided. Please submit dietary requests 8 business days prior to the program to Aican Nguyen at aican@uchicago.edu. Although we will try to accommodate dietary needs, it is not guaranteed.