Angelika Nussberger
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Angelika Helene Anna Nußberger (born 1 June 1963 in Munich
) is a German jurist and scholar of Slavonics, and has been the judge representing Germany
at the European Court of Human Rights
since 1 January 2011. She had previously been Prorector
of the University of Cologne
and Director of its Institute of Eastern European Law.
, the capital of the southern-German
state of Bavaria
, and studied Slavonics at the University of Munisch from 1982 to 1987 and Law from 1984 to 1989 at the same university. She passed the first state legal exam
in Munich in 1989 and the second in Heidelberg
in 1993, being awarded a doctorate
that year by the University of Würzburg
for a dissertation on Soviet constitutional law during the transition period.
Institute for International and Comparative Social Law, including a period spent at Harvard University
from 1994 to 1995. From 2001 to 2002, she worked as a legal adviser at the Council of Europe
in Strasbourg
.
In 2002, Nußberger achieved her habilitation
, the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve in Germany, with a thesis on public international law. That year, she was appointed Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cologne
, and has led the Institute for Eastern European Law since then. In 2009, she was appointed Prorector
(deputy to the Rector) of the university with the newly-created position of Prorector for Academic Careers, Diversity and Internationality. She has been a member of the International Labour Organization
's Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations since 2004, and a deputy member of the Council of Europe
's Venice Commission
sincce 2006. In 2010, she was awarded an honorary doctorate
by Tbilisi State University
in Georgia
.
On 22 June 2010, she was elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
to be the judge representing Germany at the European Court of Human Rights
, succeeding Renate Jaeger
, previously judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
, and took up office on 1 January 2011.
and Eastern Europe
, and encompass the development of constitutional law in these states, and particularly in Russia
; the development of jurisdiction of constitutional courts; the influence of public international law on development of domestic law; international social law; and the post-Soviet transformation of the countries' social security systems.
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
) is a German jurist and scholar of Slavonics, and has been the judge representing Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
at the European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is a supra-national court established by the European Convention on Human Rights and hears complaints that a contracting state has violated the human rights enshrined in the Convention and its protocols. Complaints can be brought by individuals or...
since 1 January 2011. She had previously been Prorector
Prorector
In many countries in Europe , a prorector is deputy to rector and a member of the management body of a university. In cases with more than one prorector each prorector manages a particular area of university life...
of the University of Cologne
University of Cologne
The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...
and Director of its Institute of Eastern European Law.
Early life
Nußberger was born in MunichMunich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, the capital of the southern-German
Southern Germany
The term Southern Germany is used to describe a region in the south of Germany. There is no specific boundary to the region, but it usually includes all of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, and the southern part of Hesse...
state of Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, and studied Slavonics at the University of Munisch from 1982 to 1987 and Law from 1984 to 1989 at the same university. She passed the first state legal exam
Staatsexamen
The ' is a German government licensing examination that future doctors, teachers, pharmacists, food chemists and jurists have to pass to be allowed to work in their profession. The examination is generally organized by government examination agencies which are under the authority of the...
in Munich in 1989 and the second in Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
in 1993, being awarded a doctorate
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
that year by the University of Würzburg
University of Würzburg
The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...
for a dissertation on Soviet constitutional law during the transition period.
Career
From 1993 to 2001, Nußberger worked at the Max Planck SocietyMax Planck Society
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes publicly funded by the federal and the 16 state governments of Germany....
Institute for International and Comparative Social Law, including a period spent at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
from 1994 to 1995. From 2001 to 2002, she worked as a legal adviser at the Council of Europe
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...
in Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
.
In 2002, Nußberger achieved her habilitation
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...
, the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve in Germany, with a thesis on public international law. That year, she was appointed Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cologne
University of Cologne
The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...
, and has led the Institute for Eastern European Law since then. In 2009, she was appointed Prorector
Prorector
In many countries in Europe , a prorector is deputy to rector and a member of the management body of a university. In cases with more than one prorector each prorector manages a particular area of university life...
(deputy to the Rector) of the university with the newly-created position of Prorector for Academic Careers, Diversity and Internationality. She has been a member of the International Labour Organization
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
's Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations since 2004, and a deputy member of the Council of Europe
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...
's Venice Commission
Venice Commission
The Venice Commission is an advisory body of the Council of Europe, composed of independent experts in the field of constitutional law. It was created in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin wall, at a time of urgent need for constitutional assistance in Central and Eastern Europe...
sincce 2006. In 2010, she was awarded an honorary doctorate
Honorary degree
An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa is an academic degree for which a university has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, study, and the passing of examinations...
by Tbilisi State University
Tbilisi State University
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University , better known as Tbilisi State University , is a university established on 8 February 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia. TSU is the oldest university in the whole Caucasus region...
in Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
.
On 22 June 2010, she was elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , which held its first session in Strasbourg on 10 August 1949, can be considered the oldest international parliamentary assembly with a pluralistic composition of democratically elected members of parliament established on the basis of an...
to be the judge representing Germany at the European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is a supra-national court established by the European Convention on Human Rights and hears complaints that a contracting state has violated the human rights enshrined in the Convention and its protocols. Complaints can be brought by individuals or...
, succeeding Renate Jaeger
Renate Jaeger
Renate Jaeger is a German lawyer and judge of the European Court of Human Rights. Her term at the Court expired on 30 December 2010.-Early life:...
, previously judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
The Federal Constitutional Court is a special court established by the Grundgesetz, the German basic law...
, and took up office on 1 January 2011.
Research
Nußberger's research interests focus on the states of CentralCentral Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
and Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
, and encompass the development of constitutional law in these states, and particularly in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
; the development of jurisdiction of constitutional courts; the influence of public international law on development of domestic law; international social law; and the post-Soviet transformation of the countries' social security systems.
Publications
- Das System Putin. Gelenkte Demokratie und politische Justiz in Russland (The Putin System: controlled democracy and political justice in Russia), (with Margareta Mommsen) Munich 2007, ISBN 3-406-54790-7.
- Sozialstandards im Völkerrecht. Eine Studie zu Entwicklung und Bedeutung der Normsetzung der Vereinten Nationen, der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation und des Europarats zu Fragen des Sozialschutzes (Social standards in public international law: a study of the development and significance of the standards set by the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation and the Council of Europe with regard to social protection), Berlin 2005 ISBN 3-428-12009-4
- Verfassungskontrolle in der Sowjetunion und in Deutschland. Eine rechtsvergleichende Gegenüberstellung des Komitet Konstitucionnogo Nadzora und des Bundesverfassungsgerichts (Constitutional controls in the Soviet Union and in Germany: a comparative study of the confrontation between the Komitet Konstitucionnogo Nadzora and the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany), Baden-Baden 1994, ISBN 3-7890-3262-X.
- Medienrecht und Meinungsfreiheit in Russland (Media law and freedom of opinion in Russia), Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11789-1.
- Krise in Rußland. Politische und sozialrechtliche Lösungsansätze (Crisis in Russia: political and social law solutions), (with Margareta Mommsen), Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-87061-838-8.