Seminars:

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·    „Varianten der Anerkennung informeller Rechts‐ und Justizsysteme im Verfassungsrecht“ (with Matthias Kötter), Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, winter semester 2018/2019

·    „Rechtsprobleme der Rechtsstaatsförderung: Seminar zum Recht der projektbasierten Außen‐ und Entwicklungspolitik“ (with Matthias Kötter), Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, summer semester 2018

Seminars Sessions:

·    „Recht ohne Staat“, lecture series „Governance in Räumen begrenzter Staatlichkeit“ (Thomas Risse), Freie Universität Berlin, 26 June 2018

·    „Access to Justice through Customary Institutions? Translating Theory into Practice“, bologna.lab „Law, Society and Development“ (Siddharth de Souza and Thomas Dollmaier), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 13 May 2018

·    „Rechtsstaatsförderung in der Praxis“. Seminar of Matthias Kötter, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, 6 February 2018

·    „Introduction to Fair Trial Principles for Law Officers“. Seminar, Union Attorney General’s Office, Naypyitaw, 18-22 Nov. 2013

·    „Afghan Election Law”. Seminar for the Afghan Election Commission, AIHRC und NGOs by Humboldt Viadrina School of Governance, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 14-15 Jan. 2012

·    „Experiences from Constitution Drafting and Civil Agreement Processes“. Seminar with Israeli civil rights activists, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin, 4-5 Nov. 2009

·    „Principles of Federalism“. Seminar for the Independent Federal Constitution Commission and the Parliamentary Constitutional Committee of Somalia, Kampala, 29 June - 10 Juli 2008

·    „Constitutionalism and the Judiciary“. Seminar for Members of the Sudanese Constitutional Court and the Southern Sudanese Supreme Court, Khartoum, 26 Nov. - 7 Dec. 2006

Expert Hearings:

·    German Federal Parliament (Bundestag), Study Commission "Lessons from Afghanistan for Germany's Future Comprehensive Approach", session on state building and governance, 24 April 2023 (input paper available here). (Video: Mediathek des Bundestages)

·    German Federal Parliament (Bundestag), Study Commission "Lessons from Afghanistan for Germany's Future Comprehensive Approach", session on state building and governance, 27 Feb. 2023 (input paper available here)

·    German Government (Bundesregierung), Strategic Evaluation of Germany's Civilian Engagement in Afghanistan, session on police reforms, 10 March 2023

·    German Federal Parliament (Bundestag), Sub-Committee „Zivile Krisenprävention, Konfliktbearbeitung und vernetztes Handeln“, session on rule of law promotion, 16 Nov. 2020. (Video: Mediathek des Bundestages)

Presentations:

·    „The feminist revolution that begins at home.“ Webinar “It’s not a moment, it’s a revolution”, University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law, 29 Jan. 2023

·    „Instrumente des ressortgemeinsamen Handelns: Rechtsstaatsförderung.“ Interministerial seminar for young professionals „Ressortgemeinsames Engagement in fragilen Staaten“, 18-20 Nov. 2019

·    „Power-sharing and Self-governing Models”, Seminar with Representatives of Resistance and Liberation Movements (RLMs), Berghof Foundation, Berlin, 30-31. Oct. 2019 (with Rainer Grote)

·    “Legal Research in Peacebuilding and Development”, „Afghan Legal Studies Conference 2019“, ALRDO, Kabul, 8-13 June 2019

·    „Conflict Mediation & Constitution Making: A Complex Relationship”, Folke Bernadotte Academy Research Workshop “Mediating Protracted and Complex Conflicts”, Jerusalem, 29-30 April 2019

·    “Regional cultures of crisis management”, Workshop „Cultures of Crisis”, HSFK, Frankfurt am Main, 8-9 Nov. 2018

·    „Input: Practitioner’s Perspective” at workshop „Towards sustainable peace: The nexus of peacebuilding and constitution making“, Berghof Stiftung, Berlin, 30 Oct. 2018

·    „Ressortprinzip und ressortgemeinsames Handeln: Problemanalyse und Positivbeispiel.“ Interministerial seminar for young professionals „Ressortgemeinsames Engagement in fragilen Staaten“, 15-17 Oct. 2018

·    “Input: Mediated peace: Effects on constitution building processes” Roundtable „Towards sustainable peace: The nexus of peacebuilding and constitution making“, Berghof Stiftung and UN DPPA Mediation Support Unit, New York, 21-22 May 2018

·    “Customary Justice as Restorative Justice: Bridging between State Courts and Tribal Councils in Afghanistan”, Conference “Restorative Justice as a Bridge between Silk Road Civilizations”, Tarbiat Modares University, Teheran, 3-4 May 2018

·    „Human Dignity and karamah: A Common Basis of Human Rights?“ Conference: Theoretische Grundlagen von Rechtsstaatlichkeit, Shahid Beheshti Universität, Teheran, 25-26 Feb. 2018

·    “Rechtsstaatlichkeitsförderung als Instrument der Krisenprävention”. XXXI. Afghanistan-Tagung: Auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Afghanistan-Politik. Realitäten – Verantwortungen – Strategien, Evangelische Akademie Villigst, 25 Nov. 2017

·    “Aksakal Courts: A Means to Improve Access to Justice?” Seminar on Access to Justice, Osh (Kyrgyzstan), 10 Nov. 2016

·    “Militaries as Actors in Constitutional Change Processes". Conference: Constitutionalism under Exteme Conditions, Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, Haifa (Israel), 19 July 2016

·     “Comparative Case Studies of Equality Bodies: What Lessons Learnt for Ukraine?” Büro der Menschenrechtsbeauftragten des Ukrainischen Parlaments, Kyiv, 27 April 2016

·    "Arab Militaries during and after the Uprising". Dialogues 2016 Series, Agha Khan University, London, 21 Jan. 2015

·    "Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries. Historical Developments and Current Challenges". Seminar of Daniel König, Ruprechts-Karl-Universität, Heidelberg, 15 Jan. 2015

·    "Rechtsstaatsförderung als Instrument der Krisenprävention und Stabilisierung: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen". Seminar of Sebastian Harnisch, Ruprechts-Karl-Universität, Heidelberg, 12 Jan. 2016

·    "Transitional Justice in Germany, 1945 – 2015". Conference: Disasters of Violence, War and Extremism, Forschungszentrum Historische Geisteswissenschaften, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, 4 July 2015

·    "Kinderrechte in Afghanistan zwischen staatlicher Garantie und gesellschaftlicher Realität". Symposium: Hamida Barmaki: Ein Leben für die Rechte afghanischer Frauen und Kinder, Universität, ETC, Graz, 12 May 2015 (published on YouTube, my presentation begins at 21:12).

·    "Colonial Law in the 21st Century – The Framework for Dispute Resolution in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)". REMEP Research School, Max Planck Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Freiburg, 29 April 2015

·    "Capacity development in international rule of law assistance". Trilateral Dialogue on Rule of Law Assistance in Peace Operations: EU OSCE and UN Experiences, Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Berlin, 11 Nov. 2014

·    "Country example: Pakistan". Internationale Conference "Informal Justice as Restorative Justice". Max Planck Foundation and Hamida Barmaki Organisation, Kabul 2013

·    "New Constitutional Courts in the MENA Region: Towards the Protection of Constitutionalism and Human Rights?", Turan Günes Annual Conferences on Constitutional Law, Koç University Law School, Istanbul, 31 Oct. 2013

·    "Verfassungsberatung: Erfahrungen nach dem 'Arabischen Frühling'". Internationale Conference "Demokratie- und Rechtsstaatsförderung durch die IRZ – 20 Jahre internationale rechtliche Zusammenarbeit", Berlin, 25 Oct. 2012

·    "Verfassungsberatung für den Übergangsrat in Libyen". Seminar on Security Politics, Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik, Berlin, 9 May 2012

·    "Rechtsstaatsaufbau durch Staats- und Verwaltungsrechtsreformen". Tagung Recht und Entwicklung, Gießen, 23 Sept. 2011

·    „International Meeting on Recent Events in Arab Countries: Horizons, Challenges and Consequences for the Rule of Law and Justice Reforms“, Den Haag, 23-24 May 2011

·    „Sharia Law in Constitutions of Muslim Countries: Challenges for the Somali Constitution-Building Process“, Djibouti, 7- 10 Feb. 2010

·    "ISAF takes command: The Militarization of Justice Reform in Afghanistan". Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, 11 May 2010

·    "Civil-Military Cooperation in Building the Rule of Law". Colloquium: "The Dynamics of the Rule of Law", organized by The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HIIL), Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, 27 Nov. 2009

·    "Modern Approaches to Legal Education". MPIL Conference on the Rule of Law in Iraq, Erbil (Iraq), 22 Sept. 2009

·    "Grundrechtsdogmatik vs. Scharia? Deutsche Beiträge zu Verfassungsentwicklungen in der Islamischen Welt". Colloquium "Internationale Rezeption deutscher Verfassungsprinzipien in der Wissenschaft und Praxis", IMPRS für Vergleichende Rechtsgeschichte, Heidelberg, 12 June 2009

·    "Limits to CIMIC in Building the Rule of Law: Discrepancies between Military and Civilian Concepts of Law". 4th meeting of the Hague Rule of Law Network (HRoLN): Civil-Military Cooperation in Building the Rule of Law, organised by The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HIIL) in collaboration with Utrecht University, Utrecht, 24 April 2009

·    "Rechtspluralismus im islamischen Kontext". Conference "Normative Pluralitäten ordnen", SFB 700 "Governance in Räumen begrenzter Staatlichkeit", Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung WZB, Berlin, 11 Jan. 2008

·    "Disputes between Government and Parliament, or Members of Parliament". Seminar on Potential Disputes before the Sudanese Constitutional Court in Sudan, Heidelberg, 28 Jan. 2007

·    "Urban Catastrophes: Patterns of Perception and Reaction". EABH Conference: "Risk and Disaster: A Historical Approach", Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, Zurich, 14 Dec. 2006

·    "Von San Francisco bis Messina: Reaktionen auf die Stadtkatastrophen der Jahre 1906-1908". Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, Zurich, 9 Oct. 2006

·    "Brücken über den cultural lag: Das selbstgeschaffene Recht der internationalen Versicherungswirtschaft um 1900". Colloquium of Chr. Armbrüster, Freie Universität Berlin, 17 July 2006

·    "Samoqalaqo kodexi. Die Quellen des postsowjetischen Zivilrechts von Georgien" with Shalva Papuashvili, "Rechtstransfer in der Geschichte". European Forum for Young Legal Historians, Lucerne, 28 May 2005

·    "Harmonisierung von Versicherungsrecht in Europa vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg". Tagung "Das neue Europa und seine Traditionen. Ius privatum, ius canonicum, ius publicum", European Forum for Young Legal Historians, Budapest, 23 May 2003

·    "Standards, Norms, and the Law: The Impact of Industrial Revolution" (with M. Seckelmann). European University Institute, Badia Fiesolana, 3 June 2002

·    "Transnationales Risikomanagement avant la lettre - Reaktionen der Versicherungswirtschaft auf die Katastrophe von San Francisco (1906)". Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte, AK Versicherungsgeschichte, Berlin, 4 April 2003

Organising and Chairing of Events:

·    Sixth „Afghan Legal Studies Conference“, ILSAF (online), 8-9 June 2019 (concept, program)

·    6th Round Table of Rule of Law Promotion: „Rechtsstaatsförderung nach Umbrüchen“, German Foreign Office, 25 Nov. 2021 (concept, introduction)

·    5th Round Table of Rule of Law Promotion: „Der Projektzyklus in der Rechts-staatsförderung“, German Foreign Office, 23 March 2021 (Concept, Program, Introduction)

·    Expert talk „Project evaluations in Rule of Law Assistance“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 10 March 2021 (concept, chair)

·    Expert talk „Theories of Change in Rule of Law Assistance“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 10 Feb. 2021 (concept, chair)

·    Expert talk „Die Kontextanalyse in der Rechtsstaatsförderung“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 18 Dec. 2020 (concept, chair)

·    Public expert talk “Global Perspectives for Rule of Law Promotion after the Pandemic” (online), 8 July 2020 (concept, chair)

·    Expert talk „Covid-19 in Myanmar: Effects of the Pandemic on the Rule of Law“, RSF Hub (online), 16 June 2020 (concept, chair)

·    Expert talk „Covid-19 in Mali: Effects of the Pandemic on the Rule of Law“, RSF Hub (online), 4 June 2020 (concept, chair)

·    Expert talk „Covid-19 in Tunisia: Effects of the Pandemic on the Rule of Law“, RSF Hub (online), 14 May 2020 (Concept, Chair)

·    Expert talk „Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie auf deutsche Akteure der Rechtsstaatsförderung“, RSF Hub (online), 30 April 2020 (Concept, Chair)

·    4th Round Table of Rule of Law Promotion: „Partnerschaften für die Zukunft“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 27 Feb. 2020 (concept, introduction)

·    Expert talk „Lokale Zuwendungsempfänger und Implementierungspartner: Auswahlkriterien, Rahmenbedingungen, politische Implikationen“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 23 Jan. 2020 (concept, chair)

·    Expert talk "Regional and South-South Cooperation: Transfer of Knowledge and Experience in Rule of Law Promotion“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 11 Dec. 2019 (concept, chair)

·    Expert talk „Youth, Ulama and Refugees: Future Partners in Rule of Law Promotion?“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 9 Dec.2019 (concept, chair)

·    Authors Workshop, Handbook on Rule of Law Promotion, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, 7-9 Nov. 2019 (co-organiser)

·    Panel “Effects of Rule of Law Interventions”, Conference “The Plurality of Law and Development” des Law and Development Research Network (LDRN), Berlin, 25-27. Sept. 2019 (organiser, chair)

·    Fifth „Afghan Legal Studies Conference“, Kabul, 8-13 June 2019 (concept, program)

·    Authors Workshop, Handbook on Rule of Law Promotion, Freie Universität Berlin, 24-25 May 2019 

·    Policy-Debatte „Strategiegespräch Rechtsstaatsförderung“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 16 April 2019 (concept, chair)

·    3rd Round Table of Rule of Law Promotion: „Niedrigschwelliger Zugang zu Recht“    German Foreign Office, Berlin 14 Dec.2018 (concept, chair)

·    Expert talk „Von mobilen Gerichten bis zu Legal Clinics: Wie kommt das Recht zu den Menschen, wie kommen die Menschen zu ihrem Recht?“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 27 Nov. 2018 (concept, chair)

·    Panel „The Role of Informal Justice Systems in Fragile Contexts“, „Law, Justice and Development Week“, World Bank, Washington D.C., 5-6 Nov. 2018 (panelist)

·    Expert talk „User-centred Law in fragilen Kontexten: Welches Recht, welche Rechte brauchen die Menschen?“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 1 Nov. 2018 (concept, chair)

·    Expert talk „Apps, Open Source und Datensicherheit: Chancen der Digitalisierung“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 5 Oct. 2018 (concept, chair)

·    2nd Round Table of Rule of Law Promotion: „Non-state Actors Akteure“,German Foreign Office, Berlin, 22 Jan. 2018 (chair of working group)

·    Forum: „La reparación integral desde un análisis interseccional: Aprendizajes y desafíos“, Bogotá, 30 Nov. 2017 (co-organiser)

·    Fourth „Afghan Legal Studies Conference", Kabul, 14-16 Nov. 2017 (concept, program)

·    Third „Afghan Legal Studies Conference", Kabul, 3-5 Oct. 2016 (concept, program)

·    Second „Afghan Legal Studies Conference", Kabul, 16-18 Nov. 2015 (concept, program)

·    First „Afghan Legal Studies Conference", Kabul, 1-3 Dec. 2014 (concept, program)

·    “Development and the Rule of Law", Conference “The Rule of Law and Its Application to the United Nations”, Max Planck Institute for International, European
and Regulatory Procedural Law, Luxemburg, 11 Sept. 2014 (comment)

·    1st Round Table of Rule of Law Promotion, Arbeitsgruppe „Rechtsstaatsförderung in fragilen Kontexten“, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 3 July 2014 (impulse speech)

·    Internationale Conference "Informal Justice as Restorative Justice", Kabul, 24-25 June 2014 (co-chair with Mohammad Farajiha)

·    „Constitutional Law in Times of Change“, Conference with Vorsitzenden Richtern des thailändischen Obersten Gerichtshofes und der Berufungsgerichte, Heidelberg, 20 March 2014 (chair)

·    Workshop der myanmarischen Generalstaatsanwaltschaft zur Reform der Juristenausbildung, Naypyitaw, Max Planck Foundation and IDLO, 21– 22 May 2013 (panel coordinator)

·    "Aller Anfang ist schwer: Verfassungsgebung zwischen lokalen und universellen Legitimitätsvorstellungen", 32. Forum Globale Fragen "Erfolgsfaktoren und Fallstricke externer Demokratieförderung", German Foreign Office, Berlin, 7 May 2013 (podium discussion)

·    Seminar on Constitution-making with members of the Tunisian Assemblée Constituante, Heidelberg, 10- 11 July 2012 (chair)

·    Internationale Conference „Constitutional Reform in Arab Countries“, Heidelberg, 22- 24 Feb. 2012 (initiator, program)

·    „AFPAK Civil Society Forum“, Islamabad, 13-14 Dec.2011 (youth panel chair)

·    „Islamic Law, the Rule of Law and International Peace Operations“, Cairo, 27-29 June 2011 (panel chair)

·    Referat zur Rückversicherung, Workshop über die Beiträge zum Sammelband der Rückversicherungsgeschichte, Zurich, 20 June 2011

·    „Decision Making on Pluralist Normative Ground: On the Governance of Disparate Traditional, Religious and Statutory Laws in Pluralist Societies“, WZB, Berlin, 17-19 May 2011 (co-organiser and panel chair)

·    „Fundamentals of a Future Administrative Procedure Law for Afghanistan“, Heidelberg, 12-15 April 2011 (chair)

·    „The Role of Lawyers and their Associations in Building the Rule of Law in Iraq“, Erbil (Iraq), 27-28 Oct. 2010 (chair)

·    „Administrative Law in Afghanistan“, Heidelberg, 12-14 Aug. 2010 (chair)

·    „Transfer in Dispute. Controversial Representations of Cultural Borrowings in East Asia, the Arab World and Europe“, Conference of SFB 640 „Changing Representations of Patterns of Social Order“, Berlin), 28 Nov. 2009 (chair)

·    Conference „Constitutional Law in Iraq“, Heidelberg, 23-25 Aug. 2010 (organiser, program)

·    Symposium „Constitutional Law in Muslim Countries“, Dubai, 12-15 Feb. 2009 (organiser, program with Rainer Grote)

European Forum for Young Legal Historians "Remembering and Forgetting", Frankfurt am Main, 25-28 May 2006 (co-organiser)