Martin Scheinin

Professor of International Law and Human Rights

M Scheinin

Appointed in September 2008, contract renewed until August 2016

European University Institute
Law Department
Via Boccaccio 121
50133 Firenze - Italy

Tel. [+39] 055 4685 589 / 275
Fax [+39] 055 4685 200
E mail Martin.Scheinin@eui.eu

Administrative Assistant: Annick Bulckaen

Working languages: Finnish, English, Swedish (active); French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Danish (passive)

Biographical Profile

Detailed CV and Bibliography

Martin Scheinin joined the EUI in 2008 after 15 years as professor in Finland. In 1993-1998 he was Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Helsinki where he also got his doctorate in 1991. In 1998-2008 he was Professor of Constitutional and International Law and Director of the Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. In 1997-2004 he was a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the treaty body acting under the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In 2005 he was appointed as the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, a position of trust he held until July 2011. Currently he is the President of the International Association of Constitutional Law.

Fields of Research

  • Public International Law
  • Human Rights Law
  • Comparative Constitutional Law
  • The Law of Countering Terrorism
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Completed Ph.D. Projects Supervised at the EUI

  • Nikolas Kyriakou, 27 June 2012

  • Maria Tzanou, 13 June 2012

  • Andrea Viski, 12 June 2012

  • Ciaran Burke, 24 November 2011
  • Noora Arajarvi, 04 February 2011 (co-supervisor)

Current Research Projects

  • SURPRISE Surveillance, Privacy and Security: A large scale participatory assessment of criteria and factors determining acceptability and acceptance of security technologies in Europe
    www.surprise-project.eu
    EUI in SurPRISE

External Activities and Positions

 

 

Page last updated on 01 February 2013