Texts in English

Human Rights without Democracy?
Reconciling Freedom with Equality
Berghahn Books, Oxford / New York
ISBN 978-0-85745-786-8 / E-ISBN 978-0-85745-787-5

The Limits of Atlanticism
Perceptions of state, nation and religion in Europe and the United States
Berghahn Books, Oxford / New York, 2007
ISBN 978-1-84545-318-3 / 1-84545-318-2

Politik der Götter
Europa und der neue Fundamentalismus
Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2005
ISBN 3-351-02608-0

Definition and development of human rights and popular sovreignity in Europe. Introduction.

Venice Commission, Collection Science and technique of democracy, No. 49, Council of Europe Publishing, Strasbourg 2011

Incorporation of human rights treaties into domestic law prior to their ratification.

in "The status of international treaties on human rights" , Venice Commission, Collection Science and technique of democracy, No. 42, Council of Europe Publishing, Strasbourg 2006

Responsible Corporations – a Contradiction in Terms?

Awards ceremony keynote speech for "The Public Eye Awards 2006" – an alternative event to the World Economic Forum (WEF), January 25, 2006 in Davos, Switzerland

Bosnia 10 Years after Dayton: From Ethnic Structures to a State Structure?
On the way from a US-American to a European-influenced understanding of Human Rights

Lecture in the context of the seminar "Peacebuilding and peacekeeping: concepts, strategies and initiatives for a peaceful Europe" Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe (AEGEE), 10th December 2005 in Geneva

Political Implications of Fear and Anxiety in Today's World

Contribution to the Scientific Symposium "Fear and Anxiety" with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at ETH-Zürich, August 4, 2005

Statehood and Equality
Handling Morality and Law in International Policies

Ecumenical Association of Academies and Laity Centres in Europe, Annual Conference, Boldern (CH), September 19, 2003

Women Shaping the Future of Europe

Lecture on the occasion of the 6th General Assembly of the Ecumenical Forum of European Christian Women (EFECW), August 25 - September 1, 2002 in Celakovice (Czech Republic)

Human Rights Protection in the Field of Action of the Council of Europe and the OSCE

in "Yearbook on the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 1998", Baden-Baden 1999 (translation from "Law in Greater Europe: Towards a common legal area? Essays in honour of Heinrich Klebes", The Hague / London / Boston 1999)

The Individual and the State Institutions

Contribution to the Conference "Democratic Institutions and Civil Society in South-Eastern Europe" organised by the EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW in co-operation with the INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Panteion University in Athens and the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 5 - 6 May 1998, Palais de l'Europe, Strasbourg, Council of Europe Document CDL-DCS (98) Pr

The Human Rights Regime in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European Context

"Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Dayton, From Theory to Practice", The Hague / Boston / London 1998

Human Rights, Identity and Bosnia and Herzegovina

"Post-War Protection Of Human Rights In Bosnia And Herzegovina", International Studies in Human Rights, Volume 53, The Hague / London / Boston 1998

Human Rights as a European Achievement

Contribution to the Churchill Commemoration 1996, Europe Fifty Years on: Constitutional, Economic and Political Aspects, Zürich 1996