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

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), forthcoming.
  
• 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.
  

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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

• Hands Tied? The Law Governing the World Health Organisation. MPIL Research Paper Series, 2021. MPIL Research Paper No. 2021 - 1
  
• Legitimate Governance as a Privilege and Price for the Autonomy of International Organisations. MPIL Research Paper Series, 2018. MPIL Research Paper No. 2018 - 18
  
• Transformation of the OSCE's Legal Status. MPIL Research Paper Series, 2018 (with Anne Peters). MPIL Research Paper No. 2018 - 23
  

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).
  

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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).

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