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Project: Improving the Rule of Law and Access to Justice for All
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME GEORGIA
Role: Team Lead to conduct a regional baseline study to assess how forcibly displaced populations affected by recent and ongoing armed conflict can exercise their rights and have access to the courts in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
07/2025 - CURRENT
Project: Assessment of EU Blue Card Directive
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General Migration and Home Affairs
Role: Appointed National Expert for Germany to conduct a study of the transposition of Directive (EU) 2021/1883 on entry and residence conditions for and rights of skilled non-EU/EEA nationals into national law.
11/2024 - CURRENT
Project: Fostering Human Rights in the Criminal Justice System in Ukraine
COUNCIL OF EUROPE OFFICE IN UKRAINE
Role: Preparation of an expert analysis from the perspective of Council of Europe relevant standards and best practices as to the request by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, regarding pre-trial investigation, prosecutorial integrity, and powers of the prosecutor in Ukraine.
07/2024 - CURRENT
Project: Erasmus+ Programme
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, European Education and Culture Executive Agency
Role: EU Expert to provide high-level expertise on uptake of digital skills, increasing climate awareness and strengthening the rule of law, and evaluation of proposals for specific calls in higher education used by the European Commission to make significant funding decisions.
03/2024 - CURRENT
Project: Promoting Efficient Functioning of State Institutions and Public Administration
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)
Role: Speaker for Central Asia Rule of Law Programme.
05/2023 - CURRENT
Project: EU Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, European Education and Culture Executive Agency
Role: EU Expert to provide high-level expertise in the areas of democracy, civic space and gender equality and evaluation of proposals for specific calls used by the European Commission to make significant funding decisions.
03/2022 - CURRENT
Project: Justice Programme
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers
Role: EU Expert to provide high-level expertise in the areas of access to justice, victims' rights and judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, and evaluation of proposals for specific calls used by the European Commission to make significant funding decisions.
10/2018 - CURRENT
Project: Assessment of EU Anti-Money Laundering Framework
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General Migration and Home Affairs
Role: Appointed National Expert for Germany to conduct a study of the transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1153 on use of financial information for prosecution of criminal offences to further implement the EU's anti-money laundering framework and better tackle organized crime into national law.
03/2024 - 06/2025
Project: Free Legal Aid and Access to Justice Project
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ALBANIA
Role: Lead of a team of 20+ people to assess, through a national household survey, interviews and focus groups, how recent justice reforms have improved the access to justice in Albania and the country's chances to join the EU.
10/2023 - 08/2024
Project: Strengthening Rule of Law and Human Rights Protection in Uzbekistan
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UZBEKISTAN
Role: Preparation of an in-depth study to create a more sustainable legal aid system in Uzbekistan.
07/2023 - 11/2023
Project: Rule of Law and Access to Justice Initiative
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TAJIKISTAN
Role: Development, delivery and supervision of Training of Trainers courses on international fair trial standards and the rights of vulnerable groups such as victims of domestic violence, children, people with disabilities and migrants for Supreme Court judges, lawyers, NGOs and law faculties.
04/2023 - 01/2024
Project: Best Practices in Human Rights Education. Cooperation of Journalists with Ombudsperson’s Office on Media Coverage of Human Rights Turkmenistan
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TURKMENISTAN
Role: Development and delivery of a workshop to journalists on media freedom, ethics of journalism and media pluralism, and proposal of recommendations for Ombudsperson’s Office on Media Coverage of Human Rights Turkmenistan.
04/2023 - 07/2023
Project: Enhanced Access to Legal Aid Services for Marginalized Populations
COUNCIL OF EUROPE OFFICE IN GEORGIA
Role: Review of national legal aid system to ensure quality of service, particularly with regard to service provision to vulnerable groups.
03/2023 - 10/2023
Project: Monitoring Selected Trials Related to the January 2022 Events in Kazakhstan
ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Role: Produced expert report on victim compensation and respect of witness rights in trials resulting from the January 2022 events in Kazakhstan (known locally as "Bloody January").
12/2022 - 05/2023
Project: Mainstreaming Human-Rights Based Approach through Strengthened Institutional Capacity in Azerbaijan
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AZERBAIJAN
Role: Team Leader to review effectiveness and efficiency of national legal aid system with regard to rights of vulnerable groups.
09/2022 - 02/2023
Project: Strategic Support to Strengthen the Rule of Law
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME LAOS
Role: Development of Laos' first national strategy for legal aid provision and presentation of document at a high-level meeting with government officials.
09/2021 - 03/2022
Project: Assessment of EU Law Enforcement Directive
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers
Role: Appointed National Expert for Germany to conduct a study of the transposition of Directive (EU) 2016/680 on the processing of personal data by police and prosecution authorities ('Law Enforcement Directive') into national law..
09/2021 - 12/2022
Project: Cultural expertise in Europe: What is it useful for?
UNIVERSITÉ PARIS NANTERRE, Centre d'Histoire et d'Anthropologie du droit (CHAD)
Role: Researcher investigating the obstacles vulnerable groups such as asylum seekers and refugees encounter when standing trial in Austria, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
07/2020 - 04/2021
Project: Risks of Money Laundering and Fraud in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General for Climate Action
Role: Appointed National Expert for Germany to conduct a study of risks of money laundering and fraud in the EU ETS, including interviews with national police authorities and financial intelligence units into national law.
05/2020 - 01/2021
Project: Strengthening Access to Justice in Latvia through Fostering Mediation and Legal Aid Services
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, Division for the Independence and Efficiency of Justice
Role: Team Lead to develop and oversee Latvia's first pilot legal aid advice centres as to the request by the Ministry of Justice of Latvia.
10/2019 - 07/2021
Project: Analysis of Current Procedures and Practices of Judicial Discipline & Review of Commentary to the Code of Judicial Ethics
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME KAZAKHSTAN
Role: Review of commentary to Kazakh Code of Judicial Conduct, and produced a report on current practices and procedures on disciplinary liability of judges (beneficiary: Supreme Court of Kazakhstan).
10/2019 - 12/2019
Project: Supporting the Criminal Justice Reforms: Tackling Criminal Aspects of the Judicial Reform in Georgia
COUNCIL OF EUROPE OFFICE IN GEORGIA
Role: Review of Code of Criminal Procedure (Rendering and Enforcement of Judgements, Appeals and Cassation) and proposal of recommendations to further compliance with international human rights standards.
07/2019 - 09/2020
Project: Guidelines Aimed at Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Legal Aid Schemes in the Member States in the Areas of Civil and Administrative Law
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, European Committee for Legal Co-operation
Role: Lead adviser to draft Europe's first guidelines on legal aid, which were adopted by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on 31 March 2021 bringing together the Council of Europe's 46 Member States,.
05/2019 - 04/2021
Project: Assessment of IORP II
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers
Role: Appointed National Expert for Germany to conduct a study of the transposition of Directive (EU) 2016/2341 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (‘IORP II’) into national law.
04/2019 - 11/2020
Project: Cultural expertise in Europe: What is it useful for?
University of Oxford, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Role: Researcher to collect data assessing the challenges ethnic minorities and other vulnerable groups face when exercising their right to understand and be understood in EU national courts.
10/2018 - 04/2021
Project: Assessment of EU Insurance Distribution Directive
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets
Role: Appointed National Expert for Germany to conduct a study of the transposition of Directive (EU) 2016/97 on insurance distribution into national law.
10/2018 - 10/2020
Project: Joint Project on Strengthening the Capacity of Bar Associations and Lawyers on European Human Rights Standards
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, Office in Ankara
Role: Lead of a sub-group to develop Türkiye's first uniform complaint and data collection mechanism for bar associations and lawyers to report human rights abuse.
07/2018 - 08/2019
Project: Assessment of Regulation of Payment Services and Service Providers
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets
Role: Appointed National Expert for Germany to conduct a study of the transposition of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 on payment services in the internal market (‘PSD 2’) into national law.
07/2018 - 06/2020
Project: Assessment of EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers
Role: Appointed National Expert for Germany to conduct a study of the transposition of Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (‘4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive‘).
02/2018 - 02/2019
Project: Assessment of EU Victims' Rights Directive
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers
Role: Appointed National Expert for Germany to conduct a study of the transposition of Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (‘Victims’ Rights Directive’) into national law.
12/2017 - 03/2019
Project: Ius Menschenrechte (Human Rights Data Base for Lawyers)
GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Role: Policy Consultant to set up, in collaboration with the German government, Germany’s first nationwide online database on disability rights for lawyers.
08/2017 - 10/2017
Project: Increasing Accountability and Respect for Human Rights of Judicial Authorities
NETHERLANDS HELSINKI COMMITTEE
Role: Policy Consultant to author country reports and policy papers on judicial harassment of human rights defenders in post-Soviet countries (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine), produced model guidelines for justice professionals, identified advocacy strategies, and presented outcomes at high-level meetings with Council of Europe and OSCE officials.
08/2016- 04/2017
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