Martin Scheinin

Professor of Public International Law

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

Secretary/Administrative Assistant Annick Bulckaen 

EUI Law Department
Via Boccaccio 121
50133 Firenze - Italy

Appointed in September 2008, contract renewable in September 2013

Research and Supervision 

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

Languages 

Finnish, English, Swedish (active)
French, German, Norwegian and Danish (passive)

Current Seminars at the EUI 

• Advanced Course on the Law of Treaties - Sources and Interpretation in International Law  
• Fundamental Rights in the European Union  (with L. Azoulai  and M. Maduro )

Current Research Projects 

• DETECTER:  Detection Technologies, Terrorism, Ethics and Human Rights(with Prof. Tom Sorell, Birmingham)
  Video 
  Research Assistant Mathias Vermeulen 
  LIFT: Legal issues in the fight against terrorism 
• Towards a World Court of Human Rights :
  Part of Swiss Initiative to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  Report of 30 April 2009 
  The project continues towards a monograph
• FRALEX:  Network of independent experts producing reports and studies for the EU Fundamental Rights Agency
• Nordic School in Human Rights Research 
• Beyond Territoriality: Globalisation and Transnational Human Rights Obligations (GLOTHRO) 
  European Science Foundation, Research Networking Programme 2010-2014

External Activities and Positions 

• United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism 
• Vice President of the International Association of Constitutional Law 
• Member of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Committee of the International Law Association