with Attorney at law Stefan von Raumer and Helga Pedersen Moot Court Team of the Freie Universität Berlin organised by the chair of Professor Calliess  

Boltzmannstraße 3, Room 2202

29^th October from 2 pm until 7 pm   

You are invited to the lecture European Human Rights Protection in Practice: Guidelines, strategies and conditions for a successful complaint. The lecture is part of the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition (HPMCC). In addition to the team, students and research assistants are also cordially invited to attend.   

Information about the lecture

Participants will be trained in the admissibility requirements of an individual application under Art. 35 ECHR and in the current criteria of Art. 47 of the ECtHR Rules of Procedure (RP) for the application form. 

The first part of the course will focus on practical aspects of the procedure. Mr. von Raumer presents the complaints of his law firm that were “accepted” by the ECtHR last year. He addresses both the relevant admissibility aspects and the merits of the proceedings. In the second part, the most important admissibility criteria of an individual application under Art. 35 ECHR are described and categorised in a practical manner. In the last part, the formalities of Art. 47 of the RP are discussed using the ECtHR complaint form. Students receive practical guidance on how to complete and write a supplementary statement of up to 20 pages.  

Information about the lecturer

Stefan von Raumer is an internationally sought-after expert in the fields of constitutional law and the ECHR. With his law firm von Raumer, founded in Berlin in 2001, he conducts constitutional complaint proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court and human rights complaint proceedings before the ECtHR for his German and international clients in all areas of criminal, administrative and civil law. Mr. von Raumer also advises renowned law firms in constitutional and human rights complaint proceedings or independently continues their proceedings before the BVerfG and/or the ECtHR.

In addition to numerous other legal publications, Mr. von Raumer is editor and author of the commentary on the European Convention on Human Rights “Meyer-Ladewig/ Nettesheim/ von Raumer EMRK”.  

Information for participants

The event is mandatory for the HPMCC team. All other interested students and academic assistants can register by e-mail to mattis.leson@fu-berlin.de by 25^th of October.