Friday, 17 January 2025

Welcoming Dr. Jasmine Sommardal as Associate Editor

We are very pleased to announce that the editorial team of our blog will be expanded. As of this week, Dr. Jasmine Sommardal is joining us as associate editor.

Jasmine Sommardal completed her PhD at the European University Institute on the topic 'National Security and the European Court of Human Rights: Mediating Challenges through Interdependent Interpretation'. Previously she worked as legal assistant to the former President of the European Court of Human Rights, Mr Robert Spano, and the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was also a visiting researcher at the Hertie School in Berlin. Before joining ECHR Blog, Jasmine held editorial positions at the European Journal of International Law and the European Journal of Legal Studies. 
 
Her research focuses on the ECtHR and national security, general doctrines and methodologies of human rights law, and the practice and procedure of international courts.
 
Welcome Jasmine. We are very happy to have you in our editorial team. Best wishes, 
Kushtrim Istrefi, Antoine Buyse and Matilda Radoš