Prof. Violeta Moreno-Lax, PhD

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Prof. Violeta Moreno-Lax, PhD
Professor of International Law | Director, Centre for Fundamental Rights
Email: v.moreno-lax[at]hertie-school[dot]org

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Associate Events & Administration | Centre for Digital Governance, Centre for Fundamental Rights
Faculty Assistant to Violeta Moreno-Lax
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Violeta Moreno-Lax is the inaugural Wübben Foundation Professor of International Law and the Director of the Hertie School’s Centre for Fundamental Rights. Before joining the Hertie School, she was a Full Professor of Law at Queen Mary University of London, where she served as founding Director of the (B)OrderS Centre for the Legal Study of Borders, Migration, and Displacement. Previously, she held the ICREA Research Professorship in International and European Law at the University of Barcelona. Moreno-Lax has published extensively in international and EU law at the intersection with border violence, global security, migration, and human rights. As a world-leading expert in these fields, she regularly consults for UN agencies, the EU institutions, and other organisations. Her work has been cited by leading courts, including the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Belgian Conseil d’État. She is also a Visiting Professor of the College of Europe and a legal adviser and founding member of the de:border / / migration justice collective, focusing on strategic litigation. She sits on the Editorial Boards of the European Journal of Migration and Law and the International Journal of Refugee Law.

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