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Sergey Sayapin
NationalityUzbek
Known forScholarship on the crime of aggression; editing International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of World Economy and Diplomacy (LLB); University of Essex (LLM); Humboldt University of Berlin (Dr. iur.)
Academic work
DisciplinePublic international law; international criminal law; use of force
InstitutionsKIMEP University

Sergey Sayapin is a legal scholar of public international law based at the School of Law of KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. His research focuses on Central Asian and post-Soviet approaches to international law, the law on the use of force, and international criminal law. He is the author of the monograph The Crime of Aggression in International Criminal Law (T.M.C. Asser Press/Springer, 2014) and a co-editor of the two-volume International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook (T.M.C. Asser Press/Springer, 2022).[1][2][3]

Biography

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Sayapin studied law in Uzbekistan, the United Kingdom and Germany, graduating from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (LLB), the University of Essex (LLM), and Humboldt University of Berlin (Dr. iur.).[1] He has held academic and professional positions in Central Asia and Europe and has been associated with regional and international institutions working on international law and human rights.[1]

In 2023 he was featured in an interview at Völkerrechtsblog, where he outlined his research on international law in and of Central Asia and on the interface between international law, security and society.[4] He has been a visiting scholar in the region and abroad; he is listed among faculty contributors to the OSCE Academy’s MA in Human Rights and Sustainability programme in Bishkek,[5] and has been profiled by the Asian Law Institute (NUS) as a visiting fellow.[6] In 2025 he was listed as an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for International Law (NUS).[7]

Academic work

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Sayapin’s scholarship spans the law and practice of the use of force and international criminal law, with an emphasis on the post-Soviet and Central Asian contexts.[4] His monograph on the crime of aggression surveys the historical development of the offence and contemporary doctrine and has been cited in subsequent literature.[2] He co-edited the 1,500-page research handbook International Conflict and Security Law (2022), contributing chapters on transnational and international criminal law and on war crimes.[3][8][9]

He has also written on the Eurasian Economic Union for the Oxford Handbook of International Law in Europe and has published commentary on Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, including in Nature Human Behaviour and other academic outlets.[10][11]

He serves in editorial and learned-society roles related to international law in and of Asia, including work connected to the Asian Yearbook of International Law and the Central Asian Yearbook of International Law and International Relations.[12][13]

Selected publications

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  • The Crime of Aggression in International Criminal Law: Historical Development, Comparative Analysis and Present State (T.M.C. Asser Press/Springer, 2014). doi:10.1007/978-90-6704-927-6.[2]
  • (co-editor) International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook (T.M.C. Asser Press/Springer, 2022). doi:10.1007/978-94-6265-515-7.[3]
  • “The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU),” in: The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Europe (OUP, 2023), 525–547. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198865315.013.26.
  • “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: a test for international law,” Nature Human Behaviour 6 (2022): 768–770. doi:10.1038/s41562-022-01402-x.
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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d "Dr. Sergey Sayapin". KIMEP University. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Sayapin, Sergey (2014). The Crime of Aggression in International Criminal Law: Historical Development, Comparative Analysis and Present State. T.M.C. Asser Press / Springer. doi:10.1007/978-90-6704-927-6. ISBN 978-90-6704-926-9.
  3. ^ a b c Sayapin, Sergey; Atadjanov, Rustam, eds. (2022). International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook. T.M.C. Asser Press / Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-6265-515-7. ISBN 978-94-6265-514-0.
  4. ^ a b Sayapin, Sergey; Katsoni, Spyridoula (14 April 2023). "Chatting with Sergey Sayapin". Völkerrechtsblog. doi:10.17176/20230414-190041-0. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Faculty – MA in Human Rights and Sustainability". OSCE Academy in Bishkek. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Dr Sergey Sayapin – Asian Law Institute Fellow". National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law – ASLI. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Honorary Fellows". Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  8. ^ Sayapin, Sergey (2022). "Transnational and International Criminal Law". International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook (PDF). T.M.C. Asser Press / Springer. pp. 469–502. doi:10.1007/978-94-6265-515-7_22. ISBN 978-94-6265-514-0.
  9. ^ Sayapin, Sergey (2022). "War Crimes". International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook (PDF). T.M.C. Asser Press / Springer. pp. 1093–1109. doi:10.1007/978-94-6265-515-7_49. ISBN 978-94-6265-514-0.
  10. ^ Sayapin, Sergey (2023). "The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)". The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Europe. Oxford University Press. pp. 525–547. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198865315.013.26.
  11. ^ Sayapin, Sergey (2022). "Russia's invasion of Ukraine: a test for international law". Nature Human Behaviour. 6 (6): 768–770. doi:10.1038/s41562-022-01402-x. PMID 35697793.
  12. ^ "Asian Yearbook of International Law – Volume 26 (2020)" (PDF). OAPEN / Brill (open access PDF). Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  13. ^ "Central Asian Yearbook of International Law and International Relations". Boomportaal / Eleven Journals. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
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