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Martha Basazienw Kassa, LL.M. (Harvard)

Postdoc
Öffentliches Recht
+49 761 7081-311

Forschungsinteressen

  • Proportionality principle and review
  • Legitimacy of aims review
  • European Human Rights Law
  • International and regional human rights systems
  • Constitutional law and theory
  • Critical Terrorism Studies
  • Public international law and international humanitarian law

Vita

Professional Experience

  • Since 2026: Postdoc, Department of Public Law, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
  • 2019–2026: Doctoral Researcher, Department of Public Law, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
  • 2018–2019: Associate Programme Officer, Africa and West Asia Program, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
  • 2017: International Consultant and Analyst
  • 2016–2017: Humanitarian Policy Associate Norwegian Refugee Council Pan African Liaison Office to the African Union
  • 2015: Student Attorney, Harvard Law School International Human Rights Program
  • 2013–2014: Head of Corporate Law, large law office, Addis Ababa
  • 2012–2013: Programmes Assistant, MERLIN International Ethiopia Country Office
  • 2012: Student Attorney, Legal Services Directorate, Addis Ababa University
  • 2012: Student Attorney, Center for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University
  • 2009: Legal and Advocacy Intern, African Child Policy Forum

Education

  • 2026: Doctor of Philosophy in Law (Ph.D.), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany (summa cum laude)
  • 2015: Master of Laws (LL.M.), Harvard Law School, United States of America
  • 2012: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Addis Ababa University School of Law, Ethiopia (Valedictorian, with Great Distinction)

Projekt

Head of project: Mar­tha Ba­sa­zi­enw Kas­sa
The proportionality principle is the crown jewel of German legal scholarship, which has long served as a valued framework for human rights and fundamental freedoms adjudication around the world. Despite abundant schol­ar­ship on its influence and shortcomings, relatively little addresses its first…

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