Kanykei Kasybekova is an Assistant Professor in the International and Business Law department and LL.M Program at the American University of Central Asia. She holds her LL.M in International Business Law from Central European University (2010, Hungary) and a Bachelor's degree in Law (magna cum laude) from the American University of Central Asia (2009, Kyrgyzstan). She holds certificates from the Online Intensive Programme in European Law and Economics from the Riga Graduate School of Law (2020) and Summer School in Private International Law Session from The Hague Academy of International Law (2018).
Kanykei joined 69ɫ in 2010 as a faculty member of the Law Program. She served as the Coordinator of the 69ɫ-Bard Project from 2012 to 2016. Since 2023, she has coordinated the Human Rights Concentration of the Liberal Arts and Sciences department at 69ɫ.
- The Riga Graduate School of Law Online Intensive Program, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, grantee, 2020
- The Presidential Research and Education Fund grantee, 2020
- The Hague Academy Summer School scholarship grantee, 2018
- USAID Building the Future project grant: Fair Trial Standards and Meaning in Local Context, 2017
- Returning Scholar of the Academic Fellowship Program, Open Society Foundations, 2010-2015
- OSI Masters Partial Fellowship scholarship, LLM studies in International Business Law, Central European University, 2009-2010
- Cyber Law
- International Environmental Law
- International Human Rights Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Book “Basics of Law: Selected Issues”, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (2019). Co-authored section on Civil Law.
- Saniia Toktogazieva, Elida K. Nogoibaeva, C. Kessell Steven, Kamila Mateeva & Kanykei Kasybekova (2019) Fair trial standards and legitimacy of criminal justice actors in Kyrgyzstan - a research note, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, DOI: 1080/01924036.2019.1587709
- Free Legal Aid in the Kyrgyz Republic contributed to the articles for ACTED, spring 2017.
- Rule of Law Handbook, contribution to the handbook organized by UNDP, spring 2017 (pending).
- Quality Management in Legal Education. Kyrgyzstan Report. Book Project: Prof. Dr. Frank Emmert, LL.M. Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis. (together with E. Nogoibaeva and K. Mateeva). Submitted in 2014, publication is to follow.
- Право на охрану здоровья и система патентной защиты в Кыргызской Республике: проблемные аспекты на примере ВПЧ вакцины.// Наука и новые технологии. Вып. №4. - Бишкек, 2012 (Right to health and patent protection in the Kyrgyz Republic: legal aspects on a vaccine of HPV, Science and new technologies Journal).
- European Union Law and Human Rights
- Human Rights, Arts, and Technologies
- Human Rights and Environmental Law
- Internet Law
- International Environmental Law and Sustainable Development/Policy
- Legal Research Methods
- Tax Law
- Technology, Justice, and Human Rights
- Thesis Research Seminar