Professor Anatoly Kovler is the holder of Ph.D. and Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation. Professor Kovler is now serving as Head of the Foreign Law and Comparative Law Center at the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation. He worked as Head of Comparative Law Center at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1979-1999.
Professor Kovler was elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights in 1999 and served until 2012. Professor Kovler also has a broad teaching experience. He is the author of 8 monographs and about 150 scientific publications on the theory of law, anthropology, human rights, comparative constitutional law.