Current topics
6 March 2026
Lecture on "Genocide and the principle of legality in the European Court of Human Rights’ case law" at the International Criminal Court in The Hague
3 March 2026
Lecture on "Digital surveillance and its impact on freedom of expression and privacy" at the "Fourth International Human Rights Forum" at the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in Arusha (Tanzania)
30 January 2026
Lecture on "Defending media pluralism and the democratic process in challenging times: An Introduction" at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
8 December 2025
207th Plenary session at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
24 November 2025
Roundtable discussion on "Freedom of expression in the digital age: information, disinformation and misinformation in a time of threats to democracy" on the occasion of the visit of a delegation from the European Court of Human Rights to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg
21 November 2025
Panel discussion on "Human Rights for Uncertain Times: Lessons from 75 Years of European Human Rights Protection" at the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in Berlin
20 October 2025
Lecture on "Richterliche Unabhängigkeit als Grundlage der europäischen Menschenrechtsordnung" at the conference "Building Bridges for Rule of Law – High-level Exchange Journey from Ukraine to Germany and Austria" of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)" in Karlsruhe
9 October 2025
Panel discussion on "European Human Rights in Context: Transnational Perspectives, Judicial Conversations, Global Interactions" at the conference "The European Convention on Human Rights at 75" of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in Berlin
6 October 2025
Lecture on "Asyl and Migration – Quo Vadis? – Vorgaben der EMRK" at the "17. Luxemburger Expertenforum zur Entwicklung des Unionsrechts" at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg
2 October 2025
Panel discussion on "The scope and limits of the margin of appreciation exercised by administrative court judges" at the conference "75th Anniversary of the ECHR and Administrative Court Judges" at the Supreme Administrative Court of Poland in Warsaw
12 September 2025
Lecture on "International human rights as a parameter of constitutionality (control of conventionality)" at the "2025 Annual Reunion of the European Group of Public Law" in Legrena (Greece)
23 July 2025
Lecture on "Richterliche Unabhängigkeit als Grundlage der europäischen Menschenrechtsordnung" at the University of Göttingen
18 June 2025
Keynote "Climate Change before the European Court of Human Rights" at the University of Freiburg
15/16 June 2025
Lecture on "Die Rechtsprechung des EGMR über den Klimawandel" at the Greek-German conference "Der Klimawandel als neues rechtliches Problem in der nationalen, internationalen und EU-Rechtsordnung" in Athens
22 April 2025
Lecture on "Klimaschutz durch Menschenrechte? Chancen und Grenzen" at the University of Heidelberg
10 March 2025
Lecture on "Die EMRK als Ewigkeitsgarantie für Europa?" at the German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe
24 February 2025
Lecture on "Judiacial Independence in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights" at the meeting with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
16 January 2025
Lecture on "Klimaschutz durch Menschenrechte? Chancen und Grenzen" at the "Forum Energierecht" at the University of Düsseldorf
15 November 2024
Keynote "Climate Compliance on Trial" at the "Climate Law and Governance Day 2024" during the "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP29" in Baku
4 October 2024
Keynote "Populism, Human Rights Backsliding, and Attacks on the Rule of Law: What Role for the European Court of Human Rights?" at the 3rd annual International Conference on "Advancing Human Rights and Safeguarding Minority Protections: International Framework and Domestic Legislation" at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
25 September 2024
Lecture on "Deciphering Pindo Mulla: The Right to Autonomous Decision-Making" at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
16 September 2024
Lecture on "Restriktive Maßnahmen der Union – Europa in einer unfriedlichen Welt – Die Vorgaben der EMRK" at the 16. Luxemburger Expertenforum zur Entwicklung des Unionsrechts "Zeitenwende(n) – Paradigmenwechsel für die dritte Gewalt angesichts aktueller politischer, gesellschaftlicher und wirtschaftlicher Entwicklungen?" at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxemburg
16 Mai 2024
Lecture on "What do Subsidiarity and the Margin of Appreciation mean in Practice" at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
13 October 2023
Lecture on "Thomas Buergenthal: Sein Vermächtnis als Lehrer, Wissenschaftler und Richter" at his memorial service at the University of Göttingen
30 June 2023
Lecture on "Juges et leur liberté d'expression" at the "Séminaire de travail conjoint entre la CEDH et la jurisdiction ordinaire d'Andorre" in Andorra
19 June 2023
Lecture on "Judicial Independence in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights" at the German Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe
9 June 2023
Lecture on "European Court of Human Rights and Human Rights Committee - On the Dialogue between Two Main Institutions of International Human Rights Protection" at the colloquium "Constitutional Jurisdiction and Human Rights Protection in Germany, Europe and the World" in honour of Professor Dr. Eckart Klein at the University of Constance
8 June 2023
Keynote "Protecting Judicial Independence: A Shared Endeavour of European Human Rights Protection" at the Superior Courts Network at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
25 May 2023
Lecture on "The Jursiprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in Relation to Judicial Independence and Its Importance and Interaction with the Rule of Law" during the "Dialogue among Regional Human Rights Courts" at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in San José
14 March 2023:
Lecture on "The European Court of Human Rights and the Right to Free Elections" as part of the panel "Election Law in Europe" at the conference "It's about People 2023 - Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity, the 11th Annual Conference of Europe's Sciences and Arts Leaders and Scholars" of the Alma Mater Europaea
28 November 2022
Lecture on "Human Rights in Times of Pandemic" at the University of Heidelberg
25 November 2022
Lecture on "The Importance of Effective Judicial Review during Times of Emergency" at the "Ninth Annual Regional Rule of Law Forum for South East Europe" in Tirana
12 September 2022
Lecture on "The Rights of the Accused in Undercover Investigations" at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court
9 May 2022
Lecture on "Upholding the Rule of Law through Interregional Human Rights Dialogue" in the Academic Programme of the 10th Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition at the Council of Europe
11 March 2022
Chairing a discussion on "Overextending International Human Rights?" at the 37th Biennial Conference of the German Society for International Law (DGIR) in Heidelberg
26 January 2022
Judge at the German finals of the Jessup Moot Court
25 November 2021
Lecture on "Human Rights vis à vis Transnational Corporations" at the Conference "Die Sicherung von Menschenrechten in transnationalen Lieferketten" of the Marsilius-Kolleg of the University of Heidelberg
14 October 2021
HeiParisMax: Jurisprudential Cross-Fertilisation between the three Courts: The Contribution by the European Court of Human Rights
15 September 2021
Lecture on "The ECHR and its Relevance in Times of Crises" at the 2nd International Summer School at the Technical University of Dresden
12 July to 16 July 2021
Colloquium International Human Rights Protection
15 April 2021
Seminar at the European Court of Human Rights "The Rule of Law in Europe - Vision and Challenges"
