Anna Petrig, LL.M. (Harvard)

Head of Project

Kontakt:

Tel.: +49 (761) 7081-0

Fax: +49 (761) 7081-294

Mail: a.petrig@mpicc.de

Anna Petrig, LL.M.

Main Research:

The main research areas and interests of Anna Petrig include the following:

  • Swiss criminal law and criminal Procedure
  • Piracy and armed robbery at sea
  • International humanitarian law and international criminal law
  • International human rights law

Academic Background:

Anna Petrig earned her law degree (summa cum laude) from the University of Freiburg (Switzerland) in 2003. During her studies, she spent a year at the Université Panthéon-Assas in Paris (France) where she specialized in European law. Anna Petrig holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School (USA) where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar during the academic year 2006/2007. She is admitted to the Bar of the Canton of Berne (Switzerland) and to the New York Bar (USA).

As an elected member of the Constitutional Assembly of the Canton of Freiburg (Switzerland) she participated from 2000 to 2004 in the elaboration of the cantonal Constitution and intensively dealt with issues related to fundamental and social rights and questions of general cantonal constitutional law. Before joining the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Anna Petrig worked in the legal division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the headquarters in Geneva. As the former vice-president and current board member of the Swiss Association of International Criminal Law (TRIAL), she regularly deals with questions of international criminal law.

At the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Anna Petrig focused on Swiss criminal law and criminal procedure. Within the project International Max Planck Information System for Comparative Criminal Law she was responsible for the Swiss country report. In addition, Anna Petrig is currently engaged in research on sea piracy and armed robbery at sea and is the coordinator of the Institute's Sea Piracy project.

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Publications (selection):

  • Petrig, Anna: Weltkongress in Istanbul verabschiedet Resolution zum Weltrechtsprinzip [AIDP World Congress Enacts Resolution on Universality Principle]. In: Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi, Hukuk Fakültesi, Kazanci, 2011, Issue⁄Volume 79-80, p. 225 - 234.
  • Petrig, Anna: Dünya Ceza Hukuku Kongresinin evrensellik ilkesi konusunda kabul ettiği sonuç bildirgesi [AIDP World Congress Enacts Resolution on Universality Principle]. In: Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi, Hukuk Fakültesi, Kazanci, 2011, Issue⁄Volume 79-80, p. 219 - 225.
  • Geiss, Robin / Petrig, Anna: Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea - The Legal Framework for Counter-Piracy Operations in Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 344 p., 1st edition, 2011.
  • Petrig, Anna (ed.): Sea Piracy Law / Droit de la piraterie maritime, Selected National Legal Frameworks and Regional Legislative Approaches / Cadres juridiques nationaux et approches législatives régionales. Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, 161 p., 2011.
  • Petrig, Anna: Die Strafverfolgung von Piraten: Trial-and-Error? [Criminal Prosecution of Pirates: Trial-and-Error?] In: Bofaxe, 2010, Nr. 357D.
  • Petrig, Anna: 18th World Congress of the International Association of Penal Law: Report on the Negotiations in Section IV - International Criminal Law: Universality Principle. 2010, Issue⁄Volume 122/2, p. 467 - 472.
  • Petrig, Anna: Pirateriebekämpfung im Golf von Aden [Counter-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden]. In: Yearbook 2010 of the Max Planck Society. Ed. Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science e.V., Munich 2010, 5 p.
  • Petrig, Anna: Pirateriebekämpfung vor den Küsten Somalias - Expertentreffen zum Thema "Multinational Law Enforcement & Sea Piracy" [Counter-Piracy Operations off the Coast of Somalia - Expert Meeting on "Multinational Law Enforcement & Sea Piracy"]. In: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft, ZStW, 2010, Issue⁄Volume 122, p. 291 - 297.
  • Geiß, Robin / Petrig, Anna: UN-mandatierte Piraterie-Bekämpfung im Golf von Aden - Langfristige Lösungen müssen gefunden werden [UN-mandated Counter-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden - Long-Term Solutions Have to Be Found]. In: Vereinte Nationen, 2010, Issue⁄Volume 1, p. 3 - 8.
  • Petrig, Anna: Pirateriebekämpfung im Golf von Aden [Counter-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden]. In: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (ed(s).): Forschungsbericht 2008-2009 [Research Report 2008-2009]. p. 63 - 67.
  • Petrig, Anna: Pirateriebekämpfung vor den Küsten Somalias - Expertentreffen zum Thema "Multinational Law Enforcement & Sea Piracy" [Counter-Piracy Operations off the Coast of Somalia - Expert Meeting on "Multinational Law Enforcement & Sea Piracy"], Conference Paper, Jusletter, January 11, 2010.
  • Petrig, Anna: Ungelöste Probleme der Pirateriebekämpfung vor Somalia [Unsolved Problems in the Fight against Piracy off the Coast of Somalia]. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 22.12.2009, p. 7/9.
    Article also available online.
  • Petrig, Anna: The War Dead and Their Gravesites. In: International Review of the Red Cross, 2009, Issue⁄Volume 91/874, p. 341 - 369.
  • Duttwiler, Michael / Petrig, Anna: Neue Aspekte der extraterritorialen Anwendbarkeit der EMRK [New Aspects of the Extraterritorial Application of the ECHR]. In: Aktuelle Juristische Praxis/Pratique Juridique Actuelle AJP/PJA, 2009, Issue⁄Volume 10, p. 1247 - 1260.
  • Petrig, Anna: Case Referral to National Jurisdictions: A Key Component of the ICTY Completion Strategy. In: Criminal Law Bulletin, 2009, Issue⁄Volume 2/45, p. 3 - 27.
  • Petrig, Anna: Negotiated Justice and the Goals of International Criminal Tribunals. In: Chicago-Kent Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2008, Spring Issue.
  • Petrig, Anna / Felder, Andreas: Offene Türen für Kriegsverbrecher. In: Plädoyer, 2005, Issue⁄Volume 5.
  • Göksu, Tarkan / Petrig, Anna: Grund- und Sozialrechte [Fundamental and Social Rights], in: Die neue freiburgische Kantonsverfassung [The New Constitution of the Canton of Freiburg]. In: Freiburger Zeitschrift für Rechtsprechung, 2005, Sondernummer.
  • Petrig, Anna / Felder, Andreas: Mehr Spielraum für Kriegsverbrecher. In: Plädoyer, 2004, Issue⁄Volume 1.
  • Duttwiler, Michael / Felder, Andreas / Petrig, Anna: International Criminal Court – basic documents / Cour pénale internationale – documents de base. Berne, Editions Staempfli, 246 p., 2003.
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Lectures:

November 16, 2011
Aktuelle Fragen der Pirateriebekämpfung: polizei-, straf- und menschenrechtliche Aspekte [Counter-Piracy Operations: Law Enforcement, Criminal Law and Human Rights Considerations]
Place ⁄ Time: Law faculty of the University of Tuebingen (Germany) – Forum Junge Rechtswissenschaft, November 16, 2011
October 17, 2011
Human Rights and Counter-Piracy Operations - No Legal Vacuum but Legal Uncertainty
Lecture at ICOPAS 2011 – International Conference on Piracy at Sea, World Maritime University, 17 to 19 October 2011
Place ⁄ Time: Orkanen, Malmö Högskola MAH, Malmö (Sweden), October 17, 2011
October 6, 2011
Verfolgung von Piraterie: polizei- und strafrechtliche Aspekte [Combatting Piracy: Selected Issues Regarding Law Enforcement and Criminal Prosecution]
Lecture at the Bremen Conference on Maritime Law
Place ⁄ Time: Haus Schütting, Bremen (Germany), October 6, 2011
July 4, 2011
Traslado y enjuiciamiento de los piratas – una perspectiva actual y futura [Transfer and Criminal Prosecution of "Pirates" – The Current and Future Approach]
Summer courses 2011, seguridad marítima y la piratería [maritime security and piracy], 4 to 6 July 2011
Place ⁄ Time: University of Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca (Spain), July 4, 2011
May 24, 2011
Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea – Human Rights and Counter-Piracy Operations in Somalia
Human Rights at 3:00 (HR@3)
Place ⁄ Time: Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund (Sweden), May 24, 2011
April 14, 2011
Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea – The Legal Framework for Counter-Piracy Operations in Somalia and the Gulf of Aden
Guest Lecture at the University of Lund (Sweden), organized by Jus Humanis – International Human Rights Network (JHN)
Place ⁄ Time: April 14, 2011
March 29, 2011
Piracy and Maritime Terrorism – The Human Rights Framework [Piraterie und maritimer Terrorismus – menschenrechtlicher Normenbestand]
Presentation held at the workshop of the project "PiraT" (Piracy and Maritime Terrorism as a Challenge for Maritime Trade Security: Indicators, Perceptions and Options for Action)
Place ⁄ Time: Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, March 29, 2011
January 26, 2011
Counter-Piracy Operations - Public International Law and Human Rights Considerations [Pirateriebekämpfung - völkerrechtliche und menschenrechtliche Ueberlegungen]
Place ⁄ Time: Studienhaus Wiesneck, Seminar "Weltmacht Recht? Völkerrecht in den internationalen Beziehungen", January 26, 2011
November 9, 2010
Criminal Prosecution of Pirates: Trial-and-Error?
Place ⁄ Time: International Criminal Court Student Network, University of Basel, November 9, 2010
October 16, 2010
Pirateriebekämpfung im Golf von Aden [Counter-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden]
Place ⁄ Time: Seminar for Bar Candidates in Bad Pyrmont - Cooperation among the German Red Cross (Section Niedersachsen), the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict of the Ruhr University in Bochum and the Ministry of Justice of Niedersachsen, October 16, 2010
June 16, 2010
License to Kill? Assessing the Lawfulness of Targeted Killings as a Means to Combat Terrorism [Lizenz zum Töten? Über die Rechtmässigkeit von targeted killing als Mittel der Terrorismusbekämpfung]
Lecture series on terrorism at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law
Place ⁄ Time: Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), June 16, 2010
June 10, 2010
Enforcement of Sentences in the Field of Sea Piracy [Strafvollzug im Bereich der Piraterie]
Third Criminological Summer School in Pécs (Hungary) on Enforcement of Sentences
Place ⁄ Time: University of Pécs (Hungary), June 10, 2010
May 3, 2010
Counter-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden - The Legal Framework for Law Enforcement Measures and Criminal Prosecution
Place ⁄ Time: Study tour with graduate students of the SungKyunKwan Universität, Seoul/Korea, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg/Germany), May 3, 2010
March 17, 2010
The Legal Framework for Counter-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden
Place ⁄ Time: University of Basel (Switzerland), Law Faculty, seminar in international criminal law and international humanitarian law, March 17, 2010
March 11, 2010
Sea Piracy Project - Counter Piracy Operations in Somalia and the Gulf of Aden
Place ⁄ Time: Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg/Germany), March 11, 2010
November 27, 2009
Adjudication of Pirates and Armed Robbers at Sea - Does the End Justify the Means?
Expert Meeting on Multinational Law Enforcement and Sea Piracy
Place ⁄ Time: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg/Germany), November 27, 2009
November 18, 2009
Counter-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden - Resolved but Reluctant
Place ⁄ Time: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg/Germany), November 18, 2009
September 28, 2009
Sicherheitshaft im Kriegsrecht im Lichte des von der USA geführten "Global War on Terror" [Security Detention under International Humanitarian Law in the Light of the US-led “Global War on Terror”]
Place ⁄ Time: Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul (Turkey), September 28, 2009
September 27, 2009
AIDP Resolution zum Weltrechtsprinzip - ein Überblick [AIDP Resolution on the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction – An Overview]
Place ⁄ Time: İstanbul University, Istanbul (Turkey), September 27, 2009
June 24, 2009
Terrorismusbekämpfung: Bedeutung des Paradigmenwechsels vom Strafrecht hin zum Kriegsrecht [Combating Terrorism: The Impact of the Paradigm Shift from Criminal Law to the Laws of War]
Place ⁄ Time: University of Pécs (Hungary), June 24, 2009
June 23, 2009
Neue Massnahmen zur Bekämpfung des Terrorismus: Situation in der Schweiz [New Measures for Combating Terrorism: The Situation in Switzerland]
Place ⁄ Time: University of Pécs (Hungary), June 23, 2009
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Courses:

December 6, 2011
Piraterie und bewaffneter Raubüberfall [Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea]
Guest lecture within the framework of the course "International Criminal Law and International Humanitarian Law" of Prof. Dr. Sabine Gless and Prof. Dr. Anne Peters
Place ⁄ Time: Law faculty of the University of Basel (Switzerland), December 6, 2011
December 1 and 2, 2011
Applicability of Human Rights on Board Ships and beyond their Railing
Guest lectures in the course "International Law and Human Rights in a Maritime Context" within the framework of the LL.M. in Maritime Law
Place ⁄ Time: Lund University (Sweden), December 1 and 2, 2011
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