Title: Does Power Oblige? A conceptual analysis human rights and corporations
PhD Supervisor & Co-supervisor: Nico Krisch and Janne Nijman
Expected completion date: 2023
I demonstrate how human rights law is used as a tool of both domination and resistance in constructing corporations as subjects in international law.
Dorothea is a PhD Candidate in International Law at the Graduate Institute. She holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Lucerne, and a master’s degree in International and European Law from the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of Geneva, and the Swiss Bar Exam (Anwaltspatent). Amongst others, she worked at the European Court of Human Rights, a data protection law firm (Sury, Lucerne), provided legal support for refugees and unducumented persons (Sans Papiers Lucerne), founded and led the NGO 'Gemeinsam Znacht Luzern' (aimed at facilitating the contact between newly arrived refugees and Lucerne's citizen.), and worked as a research and teaching assistant at the chair of legal sociology at the University of Lucerne.
Research Experience
Research Associate at the PATHS of International Law Research Project
Swiss Bar Exam