The Secretary General:

University College London and University of Copenhagen

Veronika Fikfak is Professor of Human Rights and International Law at University College London and Co-Director of UCL Institute of Human Rights. She is also affiliated with Centre of Excellence, iCourts at the University of Copenhagen. Veronika’s research – funded amongst others by the European Research Council – focuses on access to justice, reparations for human rights violations, and compliance with international norms. She has been an active member of ESIL, having co-founded the ESIL Interest Group on Social Sciences and International Law and co-convened the ESIL Interest Group on Courts and Tribunals. She currently serves as a judge ad hoc at the European Court of Human Rights.
Veronika previously lectured at the University of Cambridge, Sciences Po in Paris, and worked at the European Court of Human Rights, and the International Court of Justice. She holds a masters and doctorate from the University of Oxford and a first law degree from the University of Ljubljana.