Team
Principal Investigators
Philipp Dann is Professor for Public and Comparative Law at Humboldt University of Berlin, Dean of the Faculty of Law and editor-in-chief of World Comparative Law.
His research focuses on comparative constitutional law, public international law and European Union law in their respective historical and theoretical contexts. Recently, he published edited volumes on the Southern Turn in comparative constitutional law, colonialism in German legal scholarship and the history of international law in the decolonisation era.
Florian Jeßberger is Professor for Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, International Criminal Law and Modern Legal History at Humboldt University of Berlin, Director of the Franz von Liszt Institute for International Criminal Justice and co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Criminal Justice.
His research centers on German, comparative and international criminal law, the modern history of criminal law, and human rights. He is the author of Principles of International Criminal Law (OUP, 5th ed. forthcoming). Recent publications include International Criminal Law - a Counter-Hegemonic Project? and Strategic Litigation in International Criminal Law.
Strategic Interlocutors
The Center will be supported by four strategic interlocutors, who bring in complementary, non-legal expertise.
Sebastian Conrad (Freie Universität Berlin) is a leading scholar of global history. His research on the notion of global history, German colonialism as well as his theorizations of global entanglements and modernity have advanced the field significantly and will provide crucial input for the Center.
Julia Eckert (Universität Bern) is an expert in the anthropology of law and has worked on the ambivalent role of the state and (abusive) state power in the Global South and on the anthropology of democracy. Her work too will speak to and enrich the general framing and work in both
streams (public law / democracy, criminal law / punishment).
Jeannette Ehrmann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) brings in the perspective of political theory. She has published on issues such as postcoloniality, intersectionality and human rights. Her expertise will be especially valuable for the public law stream, as her work connects postcolonial and intersectional feminist perspectives in democratic theory and practice.
Miriam Saage-Maaß (ECCHR, Berlin) brings in the activist perspective. She is an internationally renowned human rights lawyer and serves as the Legal Director of Germany’s leading NGO applying strategic litigation to address injustices between South and North through courts and collaboration with civil society in South and North.
Advisory Board
An Advisory Board will advise the PIs, inform the activities, increase the visibility of the Center and participate in the selection of fellows. It comprises of the following distinguished scholars and practitioners from the Global South and North:
Alejandra Ancheita (Proyecto de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales A.C., Mexico)
Natalia Ángel Cabo (Constitutional Court, Bogotá, Colombia)
Claudia Cárdenas (Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile)
Aparna Chandra (National Law School, Bangalore, India)
Andrew Hurrell (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
John Mark Iyi (University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa)
Miles Jackson (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
Wolfgang Kaleck (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Berlin, Germany)
Máximo Langer (UCLA, Los Angeles, United States)
Dilip Menon (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa/Constitutional Council, Sri Lanka)
Leonie Steinl (Universität Münster, Germany)
Team
Additionally, the Center will comprise of an Academic Coordinator and an Administrative Coordinator, two postdoctoral researchers, two doctoral researchers, and student assistants. Any available positions will be posted on the Center's website in the coming months.