Irina Krylatova
2008 Fellow, Russia
Irina works in the State Duma and Regional Duma as an assistant to two Members of Parliament. She is responsible for developing and proposing draft bills for national and regional legislation on social and economic issues such as job security during the economic crisis, and on support for small businesses in the Sverdlosk region of Russia
In addition, Irina works at the Ural State Law Academy as a lecturer. She currently teaches a new course titled "The Mechanism of Human Rights Defence". Irina is a vice director at the Law Clinic of the Law Academy. After taking part in the 2008 Fellowship Programme, Irina launched a new project with the Regional Duma involving her students in the work of the Regional Center of the Members of Parliament where they learn about the relationship between citizens and the government.
At the time of the 2008 Programme, Irina worked at the Research Institute for Humanities, an NGO which offers training, research and projects in civic education, human rights defence, the provision of free legal advice and English language tuition. The NGO was set up in 1995 and has recently established its own Centre for Legal and Civic Education. Irina was Head of this centre which has five full time employees and fifteen volunteers who work in law clinics around Ekaterinburg.
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Irina during the 2008 Programme
Contact
If you would like to contact Irina please write to irina180582@mail.ru