Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights{In accordance with Article 22 of the European Convention on Human Rights.}

List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Austria

Communication | Doc. 13726 | 11 March 2015

Author(s):

Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly

Contents

1List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Austria

Appendix 1– Gabriele KUCSKO-STADLMAYER

Appendix 2– Peter LEWISCH

Appendix 3– Katharina PABEL

1 List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Austria

Letter from Mr Rudolf Lennkh, Ambassador of Austria to the Council of Europe, to Mr Wojciech Sawicki, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 16 February 2015

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With reference to your letter dated 5 February 2014 and based on a decision by the Austrian Federal Government, I have the honor to submit the names of the three Austrian candidates for election as judge to the European Court of Human Rights. This list is submitted in alphabetical order:

• Ms Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer
• Mr Peter Lewisch
• Ms Katharina Pabel

I enclose the curricula vitae of all three candidates, in English and French.

The candidates were selected in a competitive procedure, according to the relevant guidelines of the Council of Europe. I also enclose information on the details of the selection procedure.

The list of candidates has been submitted to the Advisory Panel of Experts on Candidates for Election as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights on 10 December 2014. The Advisory Panel has informed me by letter of 22 January that it has concluded that all three candidates meet the requirements of Article 21 (1) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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Information on national selection procedure for the position of a judge of the European Court of Human Rights

Pursuant to the relevant recommendations and guidelines of the Council of Europe regarding the selection of candidates for the position of Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, a public call for candidatures was issued in the specialized press (Amtsblatt der Wiener Zeitung) on 17 July 2014. In addition, the supreme courts and universities have been informed. Six candidatures were received until the expiration of the deadline, but one of them was withdrawn before the interviews. Interviews with all remaining five candidates were conducted by a commission composed of four senior officials (one of them a woman) of the Federal Chancellery, the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs and the Federal Ministry for Science, Research and the Economy. In the interviews, the candidates’ specialized legal knowledge and other skills relevant for the position of Judge at the European Court of Human Rights were assessed, including their skills in the two official languages of the Council of Europe. After this assessment, the commission agreed unanimously to propose three candidates. The list of these three candidates was subsequently submitted to the Austrian Federal Government. The Austrian Federal Government endorsed this list and decided to nominate these three persons as Austrian candidates for the position of Austrian Judge at the European Court of Human Rights. The Austrian Parliament was informed about this decision. The nomination procedure was also reported on at several occasions in the Austrian media.

Appendix 1 – Gabriele KUCSKO-STADLMAYER

CURRICULUM VITAE [(1) Text in bold indicates posts or missions held at present.]

I. Personal details

Name: Kucsko-Stadlmayer, Gabriele

Sex: female

Date and place of birth: 19 December 1955, Vienna, Austria

Nationality: Austrian

II. Education, academic and other qualifications

• University of Vienna, Law School: Law Studies 1973-1977
• Doctor iur., Law School, University of Vienna 1977
• Venia docendi for Constitutional and Administrative Law, University of Vienna 1984
• Associate Professor, University of Vienna 1985
• Full Professor for Constitutional and Administrative Law 2011

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Judicial activities

• Constitutional Court of Austria, Substitute Member 1995-dato
• Selection Committee for Civil Service Tribunal, European Union, Member 2005-2009 (Council Decision of January 18th 2005: 2005/151/EC, Euratom)

b. Non-judicial legal activities

• Full Professor for Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law School, University of Vienna 1977-dato
• Chair of Senate, University of Vienna 2013-dato
• Spokesperson for the Senates of Austrian Universities 2013-dato
• Vice Chair of Senate, University of Vienna 2009-2011
• Chair of the Arbitration Commission, University of Vienna 2006-2013
• Member of the Arbitration Commission, University of Vienna 2006-2008
• Independent Disciplinary Commission, Chair, Austrian ministry of science, economy and research, 2008-dato
• Visiting professor, University of Graz 03/2000-09/2000
• Legal trainee in the courts: District Court for Commercial Affairs, Regional Criminal Court, Vienna 10/1980-03/1981

Expert activities:

• Member of the Advisory Commission to the Parliament concerning an “income pyramid” for politicians 1996, nominated by the President of the Austrian National Council
• Expert at the Austrian Constitutional Convent in the Austrian National Council 2003 – 2005, nominated by the President of the Austrian National Council
• Consultant to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, concerning the Parliamentary Civil Servant Statute of Serbia, Mission in Belgrade 30-31/5/2007
• Consultant to the World Bank, Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Civil Service Reform Project, organized by the World Bank in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs 25/5/2009
• Permanent Member of the Austrian Commission of Jurists 2000-dato
• Member of the Vereinigung Deutscher Staatsrechtslehrer (German Society of Public Law Professors) 2006-dato
• Expert opinions for numerous public and private institutions

Non-judicial legal activities in the field of human rights – see below

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

• Constitutional Court of Austria, Substitute Member 1995-dato
• Council of Europe, European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), Substitute Member 2006-dato
• Human Rights Advisory Board, Austrian Ministry of the Interior, Vice Chair 2008-2012, nominated by the President of the Constitutional Court of Austria
• Human Rights Advisory Board, Austrian Ombudsman Office (National Preventive Mechanism according OPCAT), Vice Chair 2012-2013, elected by the Austrian Ombudsmen
• Human Rights Advisory Board, Government of Styria, Member 2001-dato, nominated by the President of the Administrative Court of Austria
• Research and teaching activities as a professor for constitutional and administrative law, University of Vienna 1985-dato

Lectures in the Field of Human rights, such as

• Le pouvoir judiciaire et la Cour constitutionnelle – Analyse politico-historique du choix de la position de la Cour constitutionnelle par rapport au pouvoir judiciaire, Réunion des Présidents des Cours Suprêmes des Pays d´Europe Centrale et Orientale, Conseil de l´Europe, Brno, 21/10/1997.
• Le droit au procès équitable en Autriche, Séminaire UniDem de la Commission de Venise, Conseil de l´Europe, Brno, 24/09/1999.
• Nouveaux développements sur le plan du vote électronique, Meeting to review developments in the field of e-voting since the adoption of Rec(2004)11, Strasbourg, 24/11/2006.
• The role of the Venice Commission in the field of E-democracy, Council of Europe Forum for the Future of Democracy, Madrid, Spain, 16/10/2008.
• Independence of Election Commissions: an Essential Feature of Democratic Elections, Conference of the Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO), 16-18 June, Budapest, 17/06/2011.
• Relation between Ombudsmen and the Courts, Round Table with the Russian Commissioners for Human Rights, co-organized by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation and the Council of Europe, Samara, Russian Federation, 22/11/2011.
• Constitutional Justice in Austria, Traditions and New Developments, International Conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Romania, Bukarest, 22/06/2012.

V. Public activities

a. Public office

• Constitutional Court of Austria, Substitute Member 1995-dato
• Independent Disciplinary Commission, Chair, Austrian Ministry of science, economy and research, 2008-dato

b. Elected posts

None

c. Posts held in a political party or movement

None

VI. Other activities

a. Field

Consultant on public law for legal journals and publishing houses

b. Duration

Depending on each individual case

c. Functions

Member of several scientific advisory boards:

• Austrian Journal for Public Law, Verlag Österreich
• International Law Journal, Verlag Österreich
• Juristische Schriftenreihe, Verlag Österreich
• Journal migralex, facultas Verlag
• European Law Student´s Association

Peer reviews for international journals:

• Austrian Journal for Public Law
• International Review of Administrative Sciences
• Journal of European Integration

VII. Publications

12 books, 100 articles, such as:

• Walter/Mayer/Kucsko-Stadlmayer, Grundriss des österreichischen Bundesverfassungsrechts (Compendium of Federal Constitutional Law in Austria), 10th edition, 2007, Verlag Manz [11th edition in preparation for 2015].
• The Legal Structures of Ombudsman-Institutions in Europe, in Kucsko-Stadlmayer (ed), European Ombudsman-Institutions. A comparative analysis regarding the multifaceted realization of an idea, 2008, 1, Verlag Springer.
• Perspektiven des Menschenrechtsschutzes in Österreich und Europa (Perspectives of Human Rights Protection in Austria and Europe). Die Volksanwaltschaft als „Nationaler Präventionsmechanismus“, in Vienna Law Inauguration Lectures, 2014, 59, Verlag Manz.
• Die Allgemeinen Strukturen der Grundrechte (The General Structures of Fundamental Rights), in Merten/Papier/Kucsko-Stadlmayer (ed), Handbuch der Grundrechte. Grundrechte in Österreich VII/1, 2nd edition, 2014, Verlag C. F. Müller und Verlag Manz.
• Art 18, 157, 340 AEUV (Article 18, 157, 340 TFEU), in Mayer (ed), EUV und AEUV. Kommentar (TEU and TFEU. Commentary), 2013, Verlag Manz.
• Constitution et Famille(s) en Autriche, in: Annuaire International de Justice Constitutionnelle, hrsg. v. Groupe d´Études et de Recherches sur la Justice Constitutionnelle Institut Louis Favoreu, XXIV, 2009, 129.
• La Cour constitutionnelle de la République d´Autriche, in: Melchior/Alen/Meersschaut (ed.), Les relations entre les Cours constitutionnelles et les autres juridictions nationales, y compris l´interférence, en cette matière, de l´action des juridictions européennes, 2005, 229.
• Die Rechtsprechung des österreichischen Verfassungsgerichtshofs auf dem Gebiet der Glaubensfreiheit, Länderbericht zur XI. Konferenz der Europäischen Verfassungsgerichte 1999, EuGRZ 1999, 505.
• Article 1 ECHR Protocol 1, in: Ermacora – Nowak – Tretter(ed), Die Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention in der Rechtsprechung der österreichischen Höchstgerichte, (The European Convention on Human Rights in the Jurisprudence of High Courts in Austria), 1983, 581.

VIII. Languages

Language	Reading			Writing			Speaking
	very good	good	fair	very good	good	fair	very good	good	fair
a. First language:
German	x			x			x
b. Official languages:
– English		x			x			x
– French		x			x			x

IX. In the event that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the post of judge in an official language [the second], please confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court.

I confirm.

X. Other relevant information

Married (since 1982), two children (born 1984 and 1987)

XI. Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court

I will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge to the Court.

Appendix 2 – Peter LEWISCH

CURRICULUM VITAE [(2) Text in bold indicates posts or missions held at present.]

I. Personal details

Name: Peter Lewisch

Sex: male

Date and place of birth: Vienna, 13 February 1963

Nationality: Austrian

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

• Primary school and Grammar School (“Theresianum”) in Vienna. School leaving exam in 1981 with distinction (average grade of interim school report, final school report and school leaving exam: 1,0).
• Thereafter, parallel studies in Law and Social Sciences and Economics at the University of Vienna. Grades in both studies (with one “Satisfactory” only) throughout “Very Good” and “Good”. In 1985, award of a doctorate in Law (Dr. iur.); in 1986, award of the academic title of Mag. rer. soc. oec.; in 1987, award of the academic title Dr. rer. soc. oec. with distinction.
• Assignment as a university assistant at the Institutes for Roman Law, Civil Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law and for Criminal Law. In 1986, assignment as a part-time assistant on a contractual basis at the Institute for Criminal Law; at the same time, successful completion of the court Internship (performance rating: “Excellent”) and writing the doctoral thesis in Economics.
• From 1988 to 1992, university assistant at the Institute for Criminal Law at the University of Vienna.
• From 1990 to 1991, research stay at the Institute of Prof. James Buchanan (Nobel prize laureate in Economic Sciences in 1986), Center for Public Choice, George Mason University, VA/USA. Research activities concerning topics of economic analysis of constitutional systems (“Constitutional Economics“).
• In 1992, PhD (“Habilitation”) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna in the fields of “Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure”.
• In 1993, PhD (“Habilitation“) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna in the field of “Constitutional Law“.
• Prizes and awards in connection with the habilitation: working scholarship from the Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Vienna; Leopold-Kunschak-Prize; Kardinal-Innitzer-Prize; Figdor-Prize for Law and the Social Sciences by the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Description of judicial activities

None.

b. Description of non-judicial legal activities (academic activities):

• From 1992 to 1993, research stay at the Center for Public Choice, Prof Buchanan, GMU, VA/USA, concerning topics of “Constitutional Economics and Economics of Institutions”.
• In 2002, offer of tenured position as a “C-4 Professor of Law” at the University of Magdeburg – declined.
• In 2002, offer of tenured position as a “C-4 Professor of Law with special emphasis on the Economics of Law” at the University of Kassel – declined.
• In 2002, Visiting Professor for EU-Law at the George Mason University, School of Law, Arlington, VA/USA.
• Since 2002, “Professor of Law with specialist field in EU-Law, Constitutional and Criminal Law” at the Imadec University, Vienna.
• Many invited lectures and conference presentations, inter alia in Madrid, Barcelona, Porto, Lisbon, Paris, Dijon, Hamburg, Oxford, London, Turin, Rome, Milan, Siena, Catania, Ghent, Athens, Saint Petersburg, Lund, Copenhagen, Amsterdam.
• Numerous research stays at US universities
  • 2006: Visiting Scholar Harvard University, Law School
  • 2007: Visiting Scholar Harvard University, Law School; Cornell University, Law School
  • 2008: Visiting Scholar Cornell University, Law School
  • 2010: Visiting Scholar Yale University, Law School (to be continued below).
• Since 2011, holding the professorship in “Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure” at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna.

  Academic activities are focused in the area of criminal procedure (including the European Convention on Human Rights) and economic criminal law.

  • Joint lecture (seminar on Criminal Procedure, including ECHR) with the President of the Supreme Court. Continuous invitations as a lecturer for conferences and seminars for judges by the Supreme Court dealing with questions of Criminal Procedure and Economic Criminal Law.
  • Director of the “Center for Economic and Financial Criminal Law” and at the “Research Center for Economics of Law and of Institutions” (including “Constitutional Economics”) both at the University of Vienna.
  • Editor of the “Yearbook of Economic Criminal Law and Responsibility of Corporate Bodies”.
  • Responsible for the “Brown-Bag lunch discussion round” at the Institute for Criminal Law and of the “Distinguished Lecture Series” of the entire faculty.
  • Scientific activities exercised as part of the international scientific community. International and interdisciplinary orientation of scientific activities; currently joint research projects with the University of Göttingen and the University of Milan-Bicocca.
  • Subsequent research stays at US universities:
    • 2011: Visiting Scholar George Mason University, Law School
    • 2012: Visiting Scholar Cornell University, Law School; Stanford University, Law School; George Mason University, Law School.
    • 2014: Visiting Scholar Berkeley Law School.
  • Participation in the annual interdisciplinary conference of the Law Faculties of Vienna and Kyoto with own presentations in 2012, in 2013 and in 2014; lecturer in the LLM program “European and Asian Legal Studies” of the University of Vienna and the City University of Hong Kong; lecture at the City University of Hong Kong in 2014.

c. Activities as an attorney-at-law (Vienna Bar Association)

• Bar exam in 1995 with distinction; since 1996, practicing as an attorney-at-law.
• In 1996, entry into the law firm “Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati – partnership of attorneys-at-law” in Vienna; practicing there as an attorney-at-law until now.
• Specialist fields of the activities as an attorney-at-law in public-law remedies (to the Constitutional Court and Administrative Court, to the ECHR) including EU-Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure and Public Economic Law (Regulatory Law, Competition Law, Protection of Property, Spin-offs/Privatizations). Numerous publications in all aforementioned fields.
• Drafting of numerous complaints to Supreme Courts (Constitutional Court, Administrative Court) regarding the violation of rights under the ECHR, drafting of ECHR complaints to the ECHR, counselling activities in many ECHR sensitive areas; representation before Austrian criminal courts with special emphasis on fairness of proceedings pursuant to Art. 6 of the ECHR; representations before all Austrian Supreme Courts (Constitutional Court, Administrative Court, Supreme Court in Civil and Criminal Matters), the European Commission, the Court of First Instance (CFI), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEC), and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR); representations also in Germany and in the Principality of Liechtenstein (before all courts, also and especially with focus on ECHR-issues).
• After having taken over the professorship in criminal law and criminal procedure in 2011 (based on my contract as a professor) reduced practice as attorney-at-law. According to Chambers & Partners Guide to the World´s Best Lawyers (ranking 2014) leading Austrian lawyer (“pre-eminent lawyer“) in the fields of “white collar crime”.

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

• Experiences concerning questions of “Human rights and constitutional reform in the Middle East”. Participation in two conferences of the University of Hamburg on this topic (“Constitutional Choice in the Middle East” in July 2012 and “Law and Institutional Economics of Revolutions” in November 2013) and organization (together with Prof. Weigel) of a workshop on the topic “Constitutional Issues in the Changing Arab World” at the University of Vienna in May 2012.
• Designated expert for the Parliamentary Enquete Commission of the Austrian National Assembly on the topic “Dignity at the End of Human Life”.

V. Public Offices

a. Public offices

None

b. Elected posts

None

c. Posts held in a political party or movement

None

I have never held any public office or function with political parties nor have I run for such an office or function.

VI. Other activities

None.

VII. Publications and other works

Pursuant to the recommendation, limitation to ten publications. Altogether author of 11 books and close to 100 individual publications on questions of Constitutional Law, the European Convention of Human Rights, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Regulatory and Competition Law and Economics of Law and Institutional and Constitutional Economics. Publications can be provided upon request.

• Verfassung und Strafrecht: Verfassungsrechtliche Grenzen der Strafgesetzgebung, Wien 1993. = Constitutional Law and Criminal Law: Limitations of the criminal legislation under Constitutional Law, Vienna 1993.
• Punishment, Public Law Enforcement, and the Protective State, Vienna – New York 1995. [constitutional economics]
• Abschaffung der Geschworenengerichte? (Wien 2009). Dazu auch: “Geschworenengerichte und faires Verfahren“, Juristische Blätter 2012, 496. = Abolition of jury trials? (Vienna 2009). See also: “Jury trials and fair trial”, Juristische Blätter 2012, 496.
• Kommentierung Art 7 EMRK, in Rill/Schäffer, Bundesverfassungsrecht-Kommentar (2006), 46 Seiten. = Comments regarding Art 7 of the ECHR, in Rill/Schäffer, commentary on the Federal Constitutional Act (2006), 46 pages.
• Vorbemerkungen zu den §§ 352 ff StPO sowie Kommentierung der §§ 352–361 und 363 im Wiener Kommentar zur Strafprozessordnung (2009), 91 Seiten [Wiederaufnahme, Ne bis in idem, 7. ZPMRK]. = Preliminary remarks regarding the sections 352 et seq. of the Austrian Criminal Code (StPO) as well as comments regarding the sections 352 to 361 and 363 in the Vienna Commentary on the Criminal Procedure Code (2009), 91 pages [revision, Ne bis in idem, 7th Add. Protocol of the ECHR].
• Kommentierung der §§ 261 – 267 StPO im Wiener Kommentar zur Strafprozessordnung (2009), [Identität der Tat, Sperrwirkung des Urteils, Überraschungsverbot iSd Art 6 EMRK] = Comments regarding the sections 261 to 267 of the Criminal Procedure Code (StPO) in the Vienna Commentary on the Criminal Procedure Code (2009), [Identity of the act, prohibitive effect of the judgement, prohibition of surprise decisions in the sense of Art 6 of the ECHR]
• Verwaltungsstrafgesetz-Kommentar, Lewisch/Fister/Weil-guni (Hrsg), Wien 2013. [Legalitätsprinzip, EMRK-konformes Verwaltungsstrafverfahrensrecht] = Commentary on the Administrative Penal Law, Lewisch/Fister/Weilguni (Ed.), Vienna 2013. [principle of legality, EHRC-compliant Administrative Penal Law]
• Der Sachverständige im Strafprozess, in WiR – Studiengesellschaft für Wirtschaft und Recht (Hrsg), Sachverstand im Wirtschaftsrecht (2013) 77–96. [Faires Verfahren] = The expert during the Penal Proceedings, in WiR – Studiengesellschaft für Wirtschaft und Recht (Ed.), Expertise in Economic Law (2013) 77–96. [Fair trial]
• Unschuldsvermutung – Zweifelsgrundsatz – Verfahrens-fairness, in: Bundesministerium für Justiz (Hrsg.), Vortrag beim 40. Ottensteiner Fortbildungsseminar aus Strafrecht und Kriminologie, Schriftenreihe des Bundesministerium für Justiz (2014) 23 – 46 = Presumption of innocence – principle of in dubio pro reo – fairness of the trial, in: Ministry of Justice (Ed.), Lecture at the 40th training seminar in Criminal Law and Criminology in Ottenstein, publication series of the Ministry of Justice (2014) 23 – 46.

VIII. Languages

Language	Reading			Writing			Speaking
	Very good	Good	Fair	Very good	Good	Fair	Very good	Good	fair
First language:
German	X			X			X
Official Languages:
– English	X			X			X
– French	X				X			X
Other Languages:
– Russian			X			X			X
– Italian			X			X			X
– Spanish			X			(X)			(X)

IX. Language Proficiency

Of course, I am willing to follow intensive language classes prior to, and if need be, also during my term of duty if elected as a judge on the Court.

X. Other relevant information

Personal Information and family life: I have been married to Dr. Eva Lewisch, veterinary doctor at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, since 1990. We have three adult children (Charlotte, Valentin and Leonore), who are all studying at university. My private interests are travelling and foreign cultures, sports and music, in particular opera. I am in good health.

XI. Residency

I gladly confirm that I will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg, if elected a judge of the Court. I have knowledge of the incompatibility rules of the Court.

Appendix 3 – Katharina PABEL

CURRICULUM VITAE [(3) Text in bold indicates posts or missions held at present.]

I. Personal details

Name, forename: Pabel, Katharina

Sex: female

Date and place of birth: 13 January 1969, Bonn (Germany)

Nationality/ies: Austria, Germany

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

• 1988-1993 Studies of Law at Bonn University (Germany)
• 1993 First Law Degree (appeals court Cologne, Germany)
• 1994-1997 Trainee clerk (appeals court Cologne, Germany)
• 1997 Second Law Degree (appeals court Cologne, Germany)
• 2001 Doctor of Law at the University of Bonn (Germany); Title of Doctoral Thesis “Grundfragen der Kompetenzordnung im Bereich der Kunst”
• 2009 Habilitation with venia legendi “Öffentliches Recht, Rechtsvergleichung, Staatskirchenrecht“ at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Austria); Title of Habilitation Thesis “Die Kontrollfunktion des Parlaments“

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Description of judicial activities

Nomination as ad-hoc judge at the European Court of Human Rights (since 2010)

b. Description of non-judicial legal activities

• 1997-2002: undergraduate and graduate research assistant at Bonn University (Germany)
• 2002-2006: graduate research assistant at Graz University (Austria)
• 2006-2009: graduate research assistant at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Austria)
• 2009: teaching at the University of Bonn (Germany)
• 2009-2010: filling in of a vacant chair at the University of Cologne (Germany)
• 2010- : Professor of Public Law at the University of Linz (Austria); since October 2011 Head of department for administrative law and administrative studies

c. Description of non-legal professional activities

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IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

Member of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council (since 2012); Member of the Working Group of Communication (Human Rights Council Complaint Procedure) (since 2014)

Alternate member of the Management Board of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (since 2012)

V. Public activities

None.

VI. Other activities

a. Field

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b. Duration

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c. Functions

Member of the group of experts on the subject of integration at the Foreign Ministry of Austria (since 2014)

VII. Publications and other works

Total number of publications: 110

Most important titles:

• Internationaler Kommentar zur Europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention [International Commentary on the European Convention on Human Rights], ed. by Katharina Pabel and Stefanie Schmahl (since October 2012);
• Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention [European Convention on Human Rights], by Katharina Pabel and Christoph Grabenwarter, 552 pages, 5th ed. 2012;
• Handbuch der Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit [Handbook on Administrative Jurisdiction], ed. by Johannes Fischer, Katharina Pabel and Nicolas Raschauer (2014), including the contribution “Das Verfahren vor den Verwaltungsgerichten” [Administrative Courts’ Procedure] by Katharina Pabel (2014);
• Justizgrundrechte [The Right to fair Trial], in: Grabenwarter (ed.), Enzyklopädie Europarecht (2014) para. 19, p. 807-846;
• Article 6 TEU [Fundamental Rights – The Charter and the ECHR], in: Blanke/Mangiameli (eds.), The Treaty on European Union (2013), by Christoph Grabenwarter and Katharina Pabel;
• Der grundrechtliche Schutz des Whistle-blowing [The protection of whistle-blowing by way of fundamental rights], in: Feik/Winkler (eds.), Festschrift für Walter Berka (2013), p. 161-178;
• Scope and limitations of freedom of religious associations under the European Convention on Human Rights, in: Walter/v. Ungern-Sternberg (eds.), Transformation of Church and State Relations in Great Britain and Germany (2013), p. 159-172;
• Grundrechtecharta, Menschenrechtskonvention und nationale Grundrechte im Wechselspiel – Länderbericht Österreich [The relationship between the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights and National Human Rights – National Report Austria], in: Laffranque (ed.), The Protection of Fundamental Rights Post-Lisbon: The Interaction between the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the European Convention on Human Rights and National Constitutions (2012), p. 219-258;
• Die Bedeutung der Europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention für den künftigen Raum der Freiheit, der Sicherheit und des Rechts [The importance of the European Convention on Human Rights with respect to the area of freedom, security and justice], in: Österreichische Juristenkommission (ed.), Grundrechte im Europa der Zukunft (2012), p. 143-161;
• Gemeinsame europäische Standards und Erweiterung – Erfahrungen des EGMR bei der Durchsetzung der EMRK [Common European Standards and Enlargement – Experience of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the implementation of the Convention], in: Calliess/Isak (eds.), Der Konventsentwurf für eine EU-Verfassung im Kontext der Erweiterung (2004), p. 95-110.

VIII. Languages

Language	Reading			Writing			Speaking
	very good	good	fair	very good	good	fair	very good	good	fair
a. First language:
– German	x			x			x
b. Official languages:
– English	x			x			x
– French		x				x			x

IX. In the event that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the post of judge in an official language [the second], please confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court.

I confirm my intention to follow intensive language classes prior to and at the beginning of my term of duty if elected a judge on the Court.

X. Other relevant information

XI. Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court

I confirm that I will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court.