Karolina Miriam Januszewski +43 1 427735330 (office) karolina.januszewski@univie.ac.at Since 06/2015 Research Associate (prae doc) assigned to Prof. Dr. Manfred Nowak (LL.M.) Department for European, International and Comparative Law Section for International Law and International Relations University of Vienna Research Interests Human Rights Protection and the Challenges of Globalization and Neo-Liberal Governance Strategies Non-State Actors in International Law Human Rights Protection and State Sovereignty The Interplay between International Human Rights Law and other Branches of International Law Education Current Ph.D. Candidate, Public International and Human Rights Law University of Vienna/ Austria Thesis on the Outsourcing of State Prerogatives and the Public/Private Dichotomy in International Law Supervisor: Manfred Nowak (finalization expected in January 2018) 01/2015 Institute of Global Law and Policy Workshop 2015 Harvard Law School, Institute of Global Law and Policy Doha (Qatar) Streams on Law & Development, Corporate Governance, and Legacies of Colonialism 07/2014 EIUC Venice School of Human Rights European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) Venice (Italy) Specialization Module: Business and Human Rights 03/2012 Specialization Diploma in Law of International Relations (with distinction) Faculty of Law, University of Vienna/ Austria 02/2011 Diploma of the 28 th Warsaw Course on International Humanitarian Law International Committee of the Red Cross Research Paper Essential Procedural and Judicial Guarantees for Detention in Armed Conflicts Where the Interplay between International Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law Matters" 07/2010 28 th Warsaw Course on International Humanitarian Law International Committee of the Red Cross Warsaw (Poland) 02/2010 Magistra iuris (Master of Laws) Faculty of Law, University of Vienna/ Austria Focus: International Law, International Human Rights and Criminal Law 09/2007-06/2008 ERASMUS Exchange Year University of Nottingham (UK) LL.M. Courses on International Criminal Law, Human Rights Law and the Law of International Organizations
Work Experience Since 06/2015 Research Associate (prae doc) Department for European, International and Comparative Law, Section or International Law and International Law Since 02/2014 Visiting Lecturer at Mekelle University (Ethiopia) LL.M. program organized by the Law Faculty of the University of Amsterdam in collaboration with Mekelle University Course on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights 08/2012-02/2013 Assistant to the Chair of an International Expert Review Committee on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) of Taiwan (Vienna/Austria and Taipei/Taiwan) Government of Taiwan Co-ordination of the independent experts work, legal research, drafting of documents Since 09/2012 Lecturer at the Vienna Master of Arts in Human Rights University of Vienna (Austria) Courses on Public International Law; International Humanitarian Law; Introduction to Human Rights; Prohibition of Slavery, Forced Labor and Contemporary Forms of Slavery 06/2011-08/2013 Co-Coordinator of the Field of Specialization Culture Juridique Francophone Europeénne et Internationale (maternity leave replacement) Administration of the specialization module in general, organization and coordination of the international law courses held in French, support of students 06/2011-05/2015 Research and Teaching Fellow (prae doc) Department for European, International and Comparative Law, Section or International Law and International Law Selected tasks: teaching courses on public international law and human rights law, academic research, teaching and research assistance for Prof. Manfred Nowak (organization of lectures, speeches, legal research, drafting of papers), organization and co-ordination of academic conferences, conceptualization of the Vienna Master of Human Rights (curriculum, lecturers), conceptualization and organization of field trips 04/2010-02/2011 Legal Clerk in Vienna (Austria) District Court, Criminal Court of Appeals, Commercial Court of Appeals Drafting judgments and decisions, legal consultation, preparation of court proceedings etc. 01/2010-04/2010 Voluntary Legal Counsel in refugee and asylum law Integrationshaus Wien, Projekt Rechtsberatung, Vienna (Austria) Handling standard individual asylum cases, legal consultation and research etc. 08/2009-01/2010 Intern at the Legal Aid Office Integrationshaus Wien, Projekt Rechtsberatung, Vienna (Austria) Legal research, drafting of legal papers, standard consultations 05/2006-07/2007 Legal Trainee at Schramm Öhler Rechtsanwälte (law firm. Vienna/Austria) Legal research (public procurement law), drafting of legal papers, administrative support
Publications Non-State Actors and Human Rights. In: Noortmann/Reinisch/Ryngaert (eds), Non-State Actors in International Law (Hart Publishing 2015, together with Manfred Nowak). Torture: Europe and the Americas. In: Andersen/Borch/Lassen (eds), Europe and the Americas: Transatlantic Approaches to Human Rights (Brill 2015; together with Manfred Nowak). Der Ruf nach einer stärkeren Eingliederung der Unternehmensverantwortung in die Menschenrechtsarchitektur - Das Montreux-Dokument auf dem Prüfstand. In: Reinisch/ Kriebaum/ Bockley (eds), Beiträge zum 39. Österreichischen Völkerrechtstag (Peter Lang, 2015). R2P and the Prohibition of Torture. In: Peter Hilpold (ed.), The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) A Paradigm Shift in International Law? (Brill 2014), pp. 225-243 (together with Manfred Nowak and Jane Hofbauer). R2P und das Folterverbot. In: Peter Hilpold (ed.), Die Schutzverantwortung (R2P) Ein Paradigmenwechsel in der Entwicklung des Internationalen Rechts? (Brill 2013), pp. 225-243 (together with Manfred Nowak). Prohibition of Slavery and Forced Labour in the Context of the Right to Work. In: All Human Rights for All Vienna Manual on Human Rights (see below), pp. 336-342. All Human Rights for All Vienna Manual on Human Rights (Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag 2012), 672 pages (together with Manfred Nowak and Tina Hofstätter (eds)). Criminal Justice and Prison Standards in the OSCE Area. In: European Yearbook of Human Rights 12 (together with Manfred Nowak). Die Schutzverantwortung R2P. In: Global View (4) 2011 (together with Markus Beham). Lectures and Talks The (In)Security Business and International Law (Presentation), IGLP June 2015 Conference, 1-4 June 2015, Harvard Law School, Cambridge (US). Outsourcing Sovereignty: The Commercialization of Security and Military Functions and the Privatization of International Standard-Setting (Presentation), Barcelona Workshop on Global Governance 2015, 15-16 January 2015, Barcelona (Spain). Keynote Speech at the RAHA Human Rights Award Ceremony (during the 25th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council),18 March 2014, Geneva (Switzerland). Der Ruf nach einer stärkeren Eingliederung der Unternehmensverantwortung in die Menschenrechtsarchitektur - Das Montreux-Dokument auf dem Prüfstand (Presentation in German), 39th Austrian International Law Day 2014, 22-25 May 2014, Klosterneuburg (Austria). The International Community s Responsibility to Protect (Lecture), Aspire Youth Peace Seminar 2012, 15-18 November 2012, Vienna (Austria). Global Prison Crisis. Torture, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment Behind Bars (Lecture), Aspire Youth Peace Seminar 2012, 15-18 November 2012, Vienna (Austria).
Conferences (selection) Participation and presentation at the IGLP June 2015 Conference, 1-4 June 2015, Harvard Law School, Cambridge (US). Participation and presentation at the Barcelona Workshop on Global Governance 2015, 15-16 January, Barcelona (Spain). Participation and presentation at the Harvard Law School, Institute of Global Law and Policy Workshop 2015, 2-12 January 2015, Doha (Qatar). Participation at the AHRI (Association of Human Rights Institutes) Human Rights Conference Human Rights under Pressure: Exploring Norms, Institutions and Policies, Danish Institute for Human Rights and University of Copenhagen, 29-30 September 2014, Copenhagen (Denmark). Assistance and participation at the 10 th Anniversary Conference of the European Society of International Law (ESIL), International Law and...: Boundaries of International Law and Bridges to Other Fields and Disciplines, University of Vienna, 4-6 September 2014, Vienna (Austria). Presentation and participation at the 39 th Austrian International Law Day 2014, University of Vienna, 22-24 May 2014, Klosterneuburg (Austria). Participation at the GLOTHRO (Globalisation and Transnational Human Rights Obligations) Final Conference Beyond State Obligations in International Human Rights Law Towards Common Principles on the Obligations of Multiple Global Actors, A bo Akademi University 27-29 March 2014, Turku (Finland). Participation at the Vienna +20 - Advancing the Protection of Human Rights conference regarding recommendations resulting from the COST Action Programme The Role of the EU in UN Human Rights Reform, presentation The Right to Remedy Human Rights Systems, World Court, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs in cooperation with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM) and the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy - ETC Graz, 27-28 June 2013, Vienna (Austria). Participation at the 38 th Austrian International Law Day 2013, University of Graz, 6-8 June 2013, Stadtschlaining (Austria). Participation at the 2 nd Joint-Meeting of the Sections of International Law of the University of Vienna and the Budapest Loránd Eötvös University, 29 April 2013, Vienna (Austria). Co-organization of and Co-coordination of and participation at the Review Meeting of the ROC ś Initial Reports under the ICCPR and ICESCR, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), 23 February - 2 March 2013, Taipei (Tawian). Participation at the AHRI (Association of Human Rights Institutes)/COST Human Rights Conference EMPOWER, HUMAN RIGHTS! Final Conference der COST Action IS0702 The Role of the EU in UN Human Rights Reform, European Cooperation in Science and Technology/Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights/AHRI, 10-12 September 2012, Vienna (Austria). Participation at the Conference Transnational Judicial Dialogue of Domestic Courts on International Organisations, University of Vienna, 23 April 2012, Vienna (Austria). Participation at the Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions Meeting Judicial Systems and Prison Reform in the OSCE Area, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly General Committee on Democracy, 23 February 2012, Vienna (Austria). Participation at the conference Die Schutzverantwortung Responsibility to Protect: Ein Paradigmenwechsel in der Entwicklung des Internationalen Rechts, University of Innsbruck,16 December 2011, Innsbruck (Austria). Co-organization of and participation at the Stanford-Vienna human rights conference US-American and European Approaches to Contemporary Human Rights Problems, University of Vienna, 20-22 June 2011, Vienna (Austria).
Personal Membership and Functions Board Member Südwind Agentur, Austrian NGO for International Development Jury Member RAHA Human Rights Award for Iranian Human Rights Defenders (together with Shirin Ebadi and Aaron Rhodes) Languages German (native), English (fluent), French (proficient), Polish (good)