Master and doctor of law at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Further studies at:

• Université de la Sorbonne (Paris I), France (1990),
• Hague Academy of International Law, the Netherlands (1991),
• Academy of European Law at the European University Institute, Italy (1993),
• Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, California, USA, (1994).

Career:

1989 – 1996:             Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Law and International

Relations of the University of Vienna, Austria.

1990 – 1998:             Lecturer of International Law at the University of Vienna.

1996:                         Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs; EU-Department.

1997:                        First Secretary at the Austrian Mission to the United Nations in Geneva.

1997 – 1999:             Head of General-Affairs-Council Unit in the EU-Division, Austrian MFA

1999 – 2003:             Legal and Political Counsellor at the Austrian Mission to the United Nations in

New York.

2003 – 2007:             Deputy Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations.

Since 2007:            Ambassador; Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

at the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs

Functions:

2001 – 2002:             Vice-Chairman of the 6^th Committee (Legal) of the 56^th UN-General Assembly.

2002 – 2005:           Rapporteur of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court.

2007-2010:           Head of Austrian Delegation to several Disarmament Conferences

2010:           Chairman of Subsidiary Body 1 (Nuclear Disarmament) at the NPT-Review Conference 2010

Publications (extract):

• Subsystems in International Law – Is the European Union a “self-contained regime”? (1997). (Doctoral thesis; in German).
• The Politics of Prosecution: European National Approaches to War Crimes, in McCormack/Simpson (eds.), The Law of War: National and International Approaches, Kluwer Law International (1997), 65-101.
• Too much order? – The Impact of Special Secondary Norms on the Unity and Efficacy of the International System, European Journal of International Law 9 (1998), 212-239.
• The United Nations’ Response to International Terrorism, in Heere (ed.), From Government to Governance, TMC Asser Press (2004).
• Legislative Powers of the Security Council, in Macdonald/Johnston (eds.), Towards World Constitutionalism: Issues in the Legal Ordering of the World Community (2005), 457-492.
• Hard Law Strikes back – How the recent focus on the rule of law promotes compliance with norms in international relations, in Buffard/Crawford/Pellet/Wittich (eds), International Law between Universalism and Fragmentation (2008), 61-84.
• The Administration of Arms Control: Ensuring Accountability and Legitimacy of Field Operations, International Organizations Law Review 6 (2009), 627-653.