Anna Petrig, LL.M. (Harvard)
Researcher
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 focuses on Swiss criminal law and criminal procedure. Within the project International Max Planck Information System for Comparative Criminal Law she is 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.
Publications (selection):
- 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.
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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.