The Department of International Law and International Relations was established in 1997 within the structure of the Uzhgorod State Institute of Informatics, Economics and Law, which in 2004 was reorganized into the Transcarpathian State University of IV level of accreditation.
          In 2013, the Transcarpathian State University and the Uzhgorod National University were united (UzhNU), the Department of International Law became the department of the UzhNU. For more than 18 years of activity of the Department of International Law, a scientific pedagogical team of specialists and international lawyers has been created, conceptual directions of further development of the Department of International Law have been established, relevant directions of scientific researches of contemporary problems of theory and practice of international law have been determined.
          Since the establishment Professor Dinis Georgiy Georgievich leads the Department of International Law. He graduated from the Faculty of International Relations and International Law, Kyiv State University, named after T. Shevchenko, worked in the Middle East and Africa, at scientific institutes of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Heconducted research and lectures at the universities of USA (Georgia, Oregon, Emory Law School (Atlanta), Charles University (Prague)).In 1996-1998 worked as a legal expert of the Europe Working Group Council during preparation of European Conventions for the protection of mountain  and rural areas. He was elected as an adviser to the Committee of Advisers of Central and Eastern Europe (Council of Europe)  by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on issues of transboundary collaboration (1998-2001).
He is the author of more than 60 scientific, educational and methodical publications on international law, EU law in domestic and foreign publications.

The Department of International Law of UzhNU has considerable human resources  providing certain level of educational, methodical and scientific work. The teaching staff of the department consists of: 2 professors, 7 candidates of jurisprudence asserted the specialty 12.00.11 - "International Law", as well as specialists in law. Scientists from other domestic and foreign universities take part in  the educational process.

The teaching staff of the department is experienced in scientific, pedagogical and legal practice in the field of international relations and foreign policy in international organizations, foreign institutions, experience of protecting the rights and interests of individuals and legal entities in international judicial instances.
The staff of the department takes part in the preparation of bills and regional international programs on transboarding  of Ukraine, take part in the work of international conferences and bodies of international organizations, and deliver lectures at higher educational institutions of CIS and CIS. The Department actively supports international cooperation with university schools of international law of Ukraine, Hungary, USA.