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Hello. I’m Tilmann.

We live in a time of tough challenges such as climate change, violent conflict, and unbearable inequalities - to name only a few.

Peace, justice, and human security are indispensable for handling the problems of our time. These are my areas of expertise.

I love doing research as much as designing and realizing high-impact projects. I have advised governments, parliaments, and courts, worked with civil society actors as well as armed opposition groups.

Besides my professional work I support emancipatory politics and initiatives that struggle for human rights, environmental protection, and related goals.

Let us work together to preserve a liveable world for the generations to come. Please contact me if you believe that I could support your efforts. Write me also if you would like to collaborate with me, particularly at JustPeace.

All the best for you.

Resume:

Current activities:

Since 10/2022 Director, JustPeace (NGO)

Since 3/2022 Director, Institute for Law and Society in Afghanistan (ILSAF)

Since 4/2024 Senior Adviser, Koordinierungsstelle der Zivilgesellschaft (see below)

Past activities:

12/2022 – 3/20024 Team Leader, Koordinierungsstelle der Zivilgesellschaft, responsible for the review of cases for the Federal Admission Program for Afghanistan

2018 – 2021 Government Adviser and Research Coordinator with Federal Foreign Office and Freie Universität Berlin (RSF Hub)

2015 - 2018 Member of the Advisory Panel on Civilian Crisis Prevention of the German Federal Government

2013 - 2017 Founder and Managing Director, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law; responsible for projects in Afghanistan, Colombia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Ukraine, and research projects.

2013 - 2016 Founder and Executive Director, Hamida Barmaki Organization for the Rule of Law, Kabul, Afghanistan (pro bono)

2006 - 2012 Head of the Projects, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law; responsible for projects in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Pakistan, Tunisia, on the Euphrates/Tigris water conflict, and research projects.

Education:

9/2005 Doctorate in Law at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main ("summa cum laude")

5/2005 Second State Examination in Law (Kammergericht Berlin)

5/2000 - 4/2003 Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Frankfurt am Main

2/2000 First State Examination in Law (Kammergericht Berlin)

1994 - 2000 Studies of law, history and philosophy in Göttingen (Georg August University) and Berlin (Humboldt University)

Languages:

German: mother tongue English, French: fluent Persian (Dari), Bulgarian, Spanish: advanced knowledge Arabic, Russian, Italian: basic knowledge

Awards:

‘Geisteswissenschaften International - Prize for the Promotion of the Translation of Literature in the Humanities’, awarded by Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Fritz Thyssen Foundation, and the German Foreign Office for dissertation, 2008.

Memberships:

German Society of International Law (DVIR) Association for Arabic and Islamic Law (GAIR) African Law Association (GAfrR) Hague Rule of Law Network (HRoLN) International Network to Promote the Rule of Law (INPROL)