Veronika Fikfak

Professor Veronika Fikfak is a professor of Human Rights and International Law at University College London and a co-director of the UCL Institute for Human Rights. She is a graduate of the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Law and holds two master’s degrees and a doctorate from the University of Oxford. She previously worked at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Law Commission of England and Wales in London, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and for UNESCO in Paris. She sits on the board of the European Society of International Law, is a managing editor of the American Journal of International Law Unbound, and serves as a judge ad hoc at the European Court of Human Rights.

Research projects: ​Her research interests span public law, human rights, and international law. Her current work focuses on reparations and compensation in international law, the execution and enforcement of international judgments, access to human rights justice, and system design. Veronika is currently leading two projects funded by the European Research Council (ERC): “Human Rights Nudge” and “Break the Bias.” You can find more information about these projects here.