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Mateja S. Platise

Dr. iur., M.Jur (Oxford), Senior Research Fellow / Fachreferentin

platise@mpil.de

Main Fields of Research:

General International Law; Human Rights; International Institutional Law; Global Security; International Dispute Settlement; Legal Theory; European Law

Academic Career:

2018: Visiting Research Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge (Lent Term)

Since 2017: Senior Lecturer at the University of Frankfurt, Faculty of Law, Germany

Since 2015: Senior Research Fellow at the MPIL

Since 2013: Senior Lecturer at the University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Law, Germany

Since 2012: Marie Curie Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany, with the research project on the Responsibility of International Organizations for Human Rights Violations 

2011-2012: Visiting Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany

2011-2012: Lecturer at the Université Catholique de Lille, Faculté Libre de Droit, France

2007-2011: Legal Officer at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France

2007-2010: Lecturer at the University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Germany

2007: Guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany

2005, 2006: Guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany (interrupted with maternity leave)

2004-2005: Research assistant to Professor Dr Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Director of the European Studies Centre, St. Anthony’s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

2003-2004: Master studies in European and Comparative Law (MJur), University of Oxford, United Kingdom

2002: Law clerk at the Legal Liaison Office at the United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland

2002-2005: Ph.D Studies (Dr.), University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law, Slovenia

2000-2002: Master Studies in International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

1999-2002: Academic Assistant at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law, Chair for International Legal Sciences, Slovenia

1999-2000: Law clerk at the High Court of Justice in Ljubljana, Slovenia

1993-1998: Undergraduate Studies in Law (dipl. iur.), University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law,  Slovenia

Languages:

Slovenian (mother tongue), English (fluent), German (fluent), Serbian/Croatian (fluent), French (advanced)


Recent Publications

  • Traditional Legal Concepts Under Fire? Business and Human Rights at the International, National and EU Levels. In: Austrian Review of International and European Law 27 (2022).
  • The Law Governing the World Health Organisation. In: Law and Practice of the World Health Organisation, Nigel D. White, Scarlett McArdle, Stephanie Switzer (eds.). Legal Orders of Specialised Agencies; Vol. 1. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham 2022, forthcoming.
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In: Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Christina Binder; Manfred Nowak; Jane A. Hofbauer; Philipp Janig (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham 2022, 615-623.
  • Legitimate Governance as a Privilege and Price for the Autonomy of International Organisations. In: The Legal Framework of the OSCE, Mateja Steinbrück Platise, Anne Peters, Carolyn Moser (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2019, 297-330.
  • Transformation of the OSCE's Legal Status. In: The Legal Framework of the OSCE, Mateja Steinbrück Platise, Anne Peters, Carolyn Moser (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2019, 333-361.
  • The Legal Framework of the OSCE. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2019, 374 p. (editor with Anne Peters, Carolyn Moser).
  • The Changing Structure of Global Health Governance. In: The Governance of Disease Outbreaks - International Health Law: Lessons from the Ebola Crisis and Beyond. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2017, 83-111.
  • The Development of the Immunities of International Organizations in Response to Domestic Contestations. In: The Rule of Law at the National and International Levels: Contestations and Deference, André Nollkaemper (ed.). Studies in International Law. Hart Publishing, Oxford 2016, 67-97.
  • El Desarrollo de las Inmunidades de las Organizaciones Internacionales a Través de las Contestaciones Nacionales. In: Revista del Posgrado en derecho de la UNAM 1, 205-256 (2014).
  • The Double End of the Principle of Subsidiarity. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (xxx), forthcoming.
  • Legal Pluralism as the Separation of Powers. In: The Rule of Law in an era of multilevel governance and global legal pluralism, Monika Heupel (ed.). xxx, xxx xxx, forthcoming.
  • Slovenia. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013, 226-235 p. .
  • ARIO and Human Rights: Leaving the Individual in the Cold. In: International Organizations Law Review 9, 67-76 (2012).

Blogposts

  • Powerful but Legally Non-Existent?. Academic Perspectives from Cambridge University Press, Fifteeneightyfour, 2019. CUP Fifteeneightyfour

Working Papers

Media

    Interview on an International Career in Practice and Academia

    Radio Slovenia, 1. Program, Slovenians Abroad, 23.12.2019

Further Publications

  • Book Review: Nijman, Janne E., Nollkaemper, André: New Perspectives on the Divide Between National and International Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007. In: Heidelberg Journal for International Law, 69, 229-233, 2009.
  • The Applicability of Peace Treaties in National Law with respect to Reparations. In: Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts ILDC 1086 (SI 2002) (2008).
  • Status of Victims of War under the Geneva Conventions. In: Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts ILDC 570 (SI 2006) (2008).
  • Book Review: Lowe, Vaughan: International Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007. In: Heidelberg Journal for International Law, 68, 1148-1153, 2008.
  • The Question of Conformity of the Marriage and Family Relations Act with International Human Rights Obligations. In: Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts ILDC 414 (SI 2003) (2007).
  • Constitutionality of the Agreement Establishing an Association between Slovenia and the European Communities. In: Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts ILDC 532 (SI 1997) (2006).
  • Sovereignty of the Member States of the European Community. University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 2005, 316 p., Dissertation
  • Vprašanje kazenske odgovornosti držav (The Question of Criminal Responsibility of States). In: Zbornik znanstvenih razprav 62, University of Ljubljana, 255-277 (2002).
  • Razvoj odgovornosti držav (Development of State Responsibility). In: Pravnik 57/4-5, Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 203-223 (2002).
  • Vloga mednarodnih organizacij pri mirnem reševanju mednarodnih sporov (The Role of Regional Organizations in Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes). In: Zbornik znanstvenih razprav 61, University of Ljubljana, 171-192 (2001).
  • Novosti v pristojnostih in delovanju Sveta EU in Evropskega sveta po pogodbi iz Nice (The Competences and Functioning of the Council of the EU and the European Council under the Nice Treaty). VI. dnevi javnega prava. VI. dnevi javnega prava. Univerza v Ljubljani, Pravna fakulteta, Ljubljana, 2001, 197-212 p. .
  • Mednarodnopravni vidiki rasne diskriminacije in pravice do svobode govora (International Legal Aspects of Racial Discrimination and Freedom of Speech). In: Pravnik 56/1-3, Uradni list Republike Slovenije, Ljubljana, 126-142 (2001).
  • Listina temeljnih pravic EU (The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU). In: Pravna Praksa 34, Gospodarski vestnik, Ljubljana, 4-12 (2000).
  • Članstvo v Evropskih skupnostih kot mednarodnih organizacijah (Membership in the European Communities as International Organizations). In: Kolaps, Society for Science and Culture, Ljubljana 10, 14-32 (1999).

Presentations

24 Nov 2023

Human Rights Due Diligence Obligations in international and EU Law

Conference of the Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Lille, on the topic: Les enterprises à l'èpreuve du devoir de vigilance

Lille, France

26 Nov 2022

Sanctions Against Private Actors and Trade Law

Conference of the University of Vienna, Faculty of Law, on International Human Rights and International Economic Law: Interfaces, Challenges, Visions

Vienna

08 Sep 2021

Global Health Crisis as an Emergency: The Covid-19 Pandemic 2020

University of Dresden (TU Dresden), in cooperation with the University of Leipzig on the Summer School on Human Rights in Theory and Practice – The ECHR in Times of Crises

Dresden

07 Oct 2021

European Human Rights Protection in a Time of Crisis? The COVID-19 Pandemic as Challenge and Opportunity

Salon of the Human Rights Research Consortium, Commentator

03 Nov 2021

Legal Concepts and Trends in International Institutional Law

Podcast in the framework of International Law Seminar at the University of Potsdam, organised by PD Dr Andreas Kulick

Potsdam

09 Oct 2020

From Contract to Governance and Back? The Quest for Democratic Legitimacy of the UN

Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (German Political Science Association), Tagung der Sektion Internationale Beziehungen, University of Freiburg

Freiburg

23 Dec 2019

Selected Trends in Development of International Organisations

Symposium of the Research Society VTIS and Ministry for Education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry for Education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Slovenia

Ljubljana

28 Nov 2019

Contestation, Crisis and Resilience in Security Governance

MPI Workshop on the End of International Public Authority? Contestation, Crisis and Resilience in International Institutions

Heidelberg

25 Oct 2019

Transformation of the OSCE Legal Framework

Presentation at the Book Launch Conversation: "What Legal Framework for the OSCE?,“The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Berlin

09 Nov 2018

Responsibility of International Organisations for Human Rights Violations

Academic Summit of Slovenian Expats in Germany, Slovenian Association GERIS

Nürnberg

13 Apr 2018

Monetising Human Rights: Studying the European Court of Human Rights' Approach to Damages

ESIL Lecture at the King's College London, Commentator of the research project by Dr Veronika Fikfak, University of Cambridge

London

19 Feb 2018

The Agency Theory of International Organisations and its Discontents

Visitors' Roundtable of the Lauterpacht Centre of International Law, University of Cambridge

Cambridge

28 May 2017

The Role of International Organisations in Fostering the Convergence of Different Legal Systems

International Law Association Conference The Common Law and the Civil Law Today - Convergence and Divergence

Canj, Montenegro

19 Oct 2016

The Reform of the Legal Framework of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

Informal Working Group on Strengthening the Legal Framework, the OSCE Headquarters

Vienna

13 Jul 2016

Towards a Normative Framework for the Autonomy of International Organisations

International Conference Between Aspirations and Realities: Strengthening the Legal Framework of the OSCE, MPIL, Harnack-Haus

Berlin

30 May 2016 - 31 Mai 2016

The Role of Domestic Courts in Globalisation of Domestic Democracy

International Symposium: Domestic Law in a Global Upswing? The Strained Relationship between International and Domestic Law, EU-Russia Civil Society Forum

Berlin

20 Apr 2016

Procedural Aspects of the International Protection of Human Rights under the ECHR

Lecture given within the framework of the course on International Procedures for the Protection of Human Rights, Law Faculty of the University of Frankfurt

Frankfurt

03 Feb 2016

The United Nations as Violator of International Law?

International Law Lecture Series, Institute for International Law of the University of Bonn

Bonn

28 Jan 2016 - 29 Jan 2016

The Rule of Law as an Instrument of Contestation Between Domestic, International and EU Law

International Conference on the Changing Narratives of the Rule of Law: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Rotterdam

09 Sep 2015

A Re-Conceptualisation of the Relationship between International Human Rights Institutions and Domestic Authorities

ESIL Interest Group on International Human Rights Roundtable: Impact and Backlash against Human Rights Courts and Quasi-Judicial Bodies, organised in the framework of the ESIL Annual Conference at the University of Oslo

Oslo

01 Jul 2015 - 03 Juli 2015

The Separation of Powers in Global Governance

Annual Conference of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) on 'Public Law in an Uncertain World,' New York University School of Law

New York

12 Dec 2014

Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Nippon Programme of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), MPIL

Heidelberg

08 Sep 2014

Human Rights Obligations as a Legal Consequence of International Public Authority: Towards a New Principle for International Institutions

ASIL-ESIL-MPIL Workshop on Legal Theory, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Vienna

10 May 2014 - 11 Mai 2014

Human Rights as a Universal Standard for the Exercise of International Public Authority

Conference on ‘Stepping Away from the State: Universality and Cosmopolitanism in International and Comparative Law,' University of Cambridge

Cambridge

17 Oct 2013 - 19 Okt 2013

Accountability of International Organisations

Workshop on the project of International Public Authority of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, affiliated with the Cluster of Excellence ‘Formation of Normative Orders’ at Goethe University Frankfurt

Heidelberg

28 Jun 2013 - 29 Juni 2013

Legal Pluralism as the Separation of Powers

Workshop on the Rule of Law in Global Governance, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)

Berlin

14 Mar 2013 - 15 März 2013

The Challenge to Immunities of International Organizations by Domestic Courts

Workshop on the Interfaces between International and National Legal Orders: An International Rule of Law Perspective, Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL)

Amsterdam

08 Nov 2012 - 09 Nov 2012

Authority Beyond States: Legal, Political and Philosophical Perspectives on International Institutions

Commentator, Workshop of the Norwegian Center for Human Rights (AUSTAT Project), in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Heidelberg

Teaching

WS 2023/24

EU Fundamental Rights

WS 2023/24

International Human Rights Law

SS 2023

International Organisations

SS 2023

International Dispute Settlement

WS 2022/23

International Human Rights Law

WS 2022/23

EU Fundamental Rights

SS 2022

International Dispute Settlement

SS 2022

International Organisations

WS 2021/2022

International Human Rights Law

SS 2021

International Dispute Settlement

Faculty of Law, Goethe University of Frankfurt

WS 2020/21

International Human Rights Law

Faculty of Law, Goethe University of Frankfurt

SS 2019/2020

International Dispute Settlement

Faculty of Law, Goethe University of Frankfurt

WS 2019/2020

International Human Rights Law

Goethe University of Frankfurt, Faculty of Law

SS 2018/2019

International Dispute Settlement

Goethe University of Frankfurt, Faculty of Law

WS 2018/2019

International Human Rights Law

Goethe University of Frankfurt, Faculty of Law

SS 2017/2018

International Dispute Settlement

Goethe University of Frankfurt, Faculty of Law

WS 2017/2018

International Human Rights Law

Goethe University of Frankfurt, Faculty of Law

WS 2017/2018

The Law of the European Convention of Human Rights

University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Law

SS 2015/2016

The Law of the European Convention of Human Rights

University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Law

SS 2014/2015

The Law of the European Convention on Human Rights

University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Law

SS 2013/2014

Responsibility of International Organisations

University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Law

SS 2013/2014

Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

MPIL. Heidelberg

SS 2013/2014

The Law of the European Convention of Human Rights

University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Law

SS 2012/2013

Theory and Practice of the European Convention of Human Rights

University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Law

SS 2011/2012

Human Rights Law

Université Catholique de Lille, Faculté Libre de Droit

SS 2010/2011

Human Rights Law

Université Catholique de Lille, Faculté Libre de Droit

WS 2009/2010

Human Rights and Cultural Diversity

University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law

WS 2008/2009

Institutional Protection of Human Rights

University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law

WS 2007/2008

International Courts and Tribunals

University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law

1999-2002

Tutorials in General International Law

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law

Honours


Marie Curie Fellowship of the European Commission for the research project on the Responsibility of International Organizations for Human Rights Violations at the Max Planck Institute for Public International Law and Comparative Law, Heidelberg (2012)

Max Planck Fellowship of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law for the research project on Responsibility in International Law at the Institute (2011)

Research grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD scholarship) for a research project on State Sovereignty in the Framework of International Law, European Law and National Legal Systems at the Max Planck Institute for Public International Law and Comparative Law, Heidelberg (2005)

Research grant of the Arts and Humanities Research Board in Bristol (AHRB Scholarship) for the Ph.D studies at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law (2004) (not taken up)

Scholarship of the University of Oxford (Dulverton Scholarship) for master studies at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law (M.Jur) (2003)

Scholarship of the Slovenian Government (Ad Futura Scholarship) for the postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford (2003) (not taken up)

Memberships

Member of the European Society of International Law (ESIL)

Member of the American Society of International Law (ASIL)

Member of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S)

Member of the European Law Institute (ELI)

Miscellaneous

Member of the Academic Review Board of the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law

Member and Country Coordinator of the European Human Rights Association (EHRA)