Dr. Tilman Hoppe, LL.M.                                                                          email: info [at] tilman-hoppe.de

                                                                                        version française

 

    Curriculum vitae and List of Publications

 

Qualification:

 

Juris Doctor 

Humboldt-University Berlin (1996).

 

 

Foreign Studies

Master of Laws, Chicago-Kent School of Law (1996-1997).

           

All Souls College, University of Oxford (1998).

           

Law School, University Lyon (2000).

 

 

Ph. D.

Humboldt-University Berlin (2000).

 

Bar Exam

 

Court of Appeals “Kammergericht” Berlin (2000).

Professional Activities:

 

University

 

Justice

Government

Private Business

 

1994-2000: Research assistant/academic assistant to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Ulmer, Heidelberg-University, and Prof. Dr. Axel Flessner, Humboldt-University.

2000-2001: Judge in Saxony-Anhalt.

2001-2002: Legal adviser, Ministry of Finances, Berlin.

2003-2007: project manager and team leader at a financial firm reorganising a corrupt state-owned bank in Berlin.

Council of Europe

2011-2016: long term adviser, Anti-corruption Project for Eastern Partnership countries, Council of Europe.

Parliament

2007-2011; since 2017: legal adviser/head of division, Administration of the German Parliament (Office of the Special Investigator on CIA-rendition flights and secret prisons; several inquiry committees; constitutional law division; economic affairs division).

Independent Expert

Since 2008: supporting reforms in more than 40 countries through projects by the Council of Europe, European Union, GIZ, IMF, OECD, OSCE, TI, UN, USAID, World Bank, and others – in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and South America.

  

Primary focus on asset declarations (disclosure of finances and interests) and unexplained wealth:

 

Legal review and amendments

Armenia; Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC); Burkina Faso; Cambodia; Fiji; Egypt; Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Greece; Indonesia; Lebanon; Montenegro; Morocco; Moldova; Myanmar; Palestine; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Republika Srpska; Solomon Islands; Timor-Leste; Tonga; Tunisia; Ukraine; Vanuatu; Vietnam; Yemen.

 

Verification manuals

Armenia; Georgia; Bhutan; Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC); Burkina Faso; Greece; Kiribati; Lebanon; Moldova (NIA; vetting commissions); Palestine; Timor-Leste; Tunisia; Ukraine (NABU; NACP).

 

Training on verifications

Armenia (Ethics Commission; NGOs); Bhutan (ACC); Bulgaria (ACC); Burkina Faso (ASCE-LC); Georgia (Civil Service Bureau); Greece; Kiribati; Lebanon; Moldova (NIA; Pre-Vetting Commission, Judges Vetting Commission, Prosecutor Vetting Commission, Superior Council of Prosecutors); Palestine (PACC); Papua New Guinea (Ombudsman); Peru (SAI); Solomon Islands (LCC); Thailand (NACC); Timor-Leste (CAC); Tunisia (INLUCC); Ukraine (HQCJ; NACP; NGOs; international Selection Commission; Ethics Council; international Advisory Group of Experts); Vanuatu.

 

Declaration forms

Bosnian judiciary (HJPC); Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Kiribati; Lebanon; Moldova (NIA, Pre-Vetting); Myanmar; Republika Srpska; Solomon Islands; Timor Leste; Tunisia.

 

User guidance (Q&A for declarants)

Bosnia; Burkina Faso; Georgia; Lebanon; Moldova; Palestine.

 

Methodology of red flags

Bosnia; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Greece; Indonesia; Myanmar; Republika Srpska; Serbia; Tunisia; Ukraine.

 

International data exchange

Feasibility study; drafting the international agreement on exchange of data for verification of asset declarations; advising the ratification and implementation of the international treaty (in force since 2026).

 

Vetting

Chairman of the international commission for selecting the new head of the asset declaration verification body in Ukraine (NACP); bylaws and advice for the (international) Selection Commission, Ethics Commission, and the (international) Advisory Group of Experts, Ukraine; procedures and verification mechanism for the (international) Pre-Vetting Commission, Judges Vetting Commission, and Prosecutor Vetting Commission, Moldova.

 

General research and standards

Manual on processing and verifying income and asset declarations (English and Russian, Council of Europe), 2013; “Western Balkan Recommendation on Disclosure of Finances and Interests by Public Officials”, 2014 (Bosnian, English, French); Comparative study – Income and asset declarations in practice, 2014 (editor and co-author); Lead author for regional study and country reports on asset declarations in Egypt, Lebanon, Liberia, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and Yemen, 2015, Transparency International; Country reports on asset declarations in South-East Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam), 2016; Regional methodology of red flags for asset declarations, Council of Europe, 2016; Panel speaker on asset declarations: CEELI Prague, January 2017; Saudi Arabia, February 2017; Bagdad, April 2017; World Bank, Vienna, April 2018; UNODC, Vienna, September 2018; Parliament Seoul, November 2018; EU network against corruption, June 2024; OECD network meetings 2025; IACA, indicators for effective disclosure systems, 2025; IACA and RAI, AI in verification of asset declarations, 2026.

Other expertise: anti-corruption assessment of laws (corruption proofing); anti-corruption laws and agencies; anti-corruption standards and concepts; anti-corruption strategies and action plans, national needs assessments; conflicts of interest, ethics, and codes of conduct; criminalisation, mutual legal assistance, asset recovery, integrity testing; corruption risks from IT; immunities and corruption; inspections, audits; judicial corruption; liability of legal persons; lobbying; political finance; project design and evaluation; whistle-blower protection.

 

Lectures:

-        Berlin School of Economics and Law, 2001-2007: Administrative Law, Police Law, Constitutional Law, Business Law, Company Law.

SCHOLARSHIPS:

-         German National Academic Foundation “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes” (1994-1996).

-        Fulbright-Commission, Bonn (1996-1997).

-        EU-Commission, Training and Mobility of Researchers (TMR) – Common Principles of European Private Law (1998 und 2000). 

Publications:

 

Books and Book chapters:

1.     “Persönlichkeitsschutz durch Haftungsrecht”,

Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001.                                                                                   (cited by Federal Supreme Court Germany, VI ZR 255/03; Court of Appeals Munich 21 U 2654/02, 21 U 2664/01)

 

2.     “Kommentar zum Gesetz zur Regelung des Rechts der Untersuchungsausschüsse des Deutschen Bundestages (Untersuchungsausschussgesetz – PUAG)”: §§ 6, 7, 9, 10

Christian Waldhoff/Klaus F. Gärditz (editors), C.H. Beck, Munich, 1st and 2nd edition 2015 and 2026.

 

3.   “Charta der Grundrechte der Europäischen Union”, Articles 53-54

Jürgen Meyer/Sven Hölscheidt (editors), Nomos, Baden-Baden, 5th and 6th edition 2019 and 2024.          

 

4.   Kapitel 4 “Staatsorganisation im Notstandsfall”

together with Horst Risse, in: Handbuch des Staatsschutzrechts, C.H. Beck, Munich, 1st edition 2023.

 

 

TextBooks:

1.      “Handbook on Designing and Implementing Anti-corruption Policies”,

Council of Europe publishing, Strasbourg 2013, 70 pages (English, French, and Russian).                    

 

2.      “Basic Anti-corruption Concepts – A Training Manual”,

together with Vera Devine, Council of Europe publishing, Strasbourg 2013, 170 pages (available in: French, English, Russian, and Serbian).

 

3.      “Liability of legal persons for corruption offences – A Training Manual”,

Council of Europe publishing, Strasbourg 2013, 80 pages (English, French, Russian).

 

4.      “Detecting Irregular Political Financing, A Training Manual with real life case exercises”,

Council of Europe publishing, Strasbourg 2013, 110 pages (English, Russian).

 

5.      “Asset declarations in practice – A regional study of Western Balkan countries”,

ReSPA publishing, Danilovgrad 2013, 220 pages (as editor and co-author).                    

 

6.   Comparative study – Abuse of Information Technology (IT) for Corruption,

ReSPA publishing, Danilovgrad, 184 pages, 2014, co-editor and co-author (English, Albanian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian).

 

7.   Anti-corruption assessment of legislation (“Corruption proofing”), Comparative Study and Methodology,

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative publishing, 200 pages, 2014 (Albanian, Bulgarian, English, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian).

 

8.   Regional study and country reports on asset declarations in Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and Yemen, 2015, Transparency International.

 

9.   Monitoring and Evaluation of the Implementation of National Anti-corruption Strategies and Action Plans, Methodology,

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative publishing, 50 pages, 2015.   

 

10.   Comparative study – Conflicts of interest in practice,

ReSPA publishing, Danilovgrad, 200 pages, 2015 (editor and co-author).

 

11. Legislative toolkit on liability of legal persons (model provisions with commentaries),

      Council of Europe publishing, Strasbourg 2016, 40 pages (Albanian, English, French, Russian, Serbian, Turkish).

 

12. Legislative toolkit on integrity testing (model provisions with commentaries),

      Council of Europe publishing, Strasbourg 2016, 69 pages (English, French, Russian).

 

13. Legislative toolkit on lobbying (model provisions with commentaries),

Council of Europe publishing, Strasbourg 2016, 59 pages (English, French, Russian).

 

14. Legislative toolkit on conflicts of interest (model provisions with commentaries),

Council of Europe publishing, Strasbourg 2016, 140 pages (English, French, Russian).

 

 

Selected Working papers:

1.     Manual on processing and verifying income and asset declarations (English, Russian), 2014.

 

2.     Feasibility study and proposal for a European regulation on lobbying (Committee on Legal Co-operation, Council of Europe), 2014.

 

3.     “Western Balkan Recommendation on Disclosure of Finances and Interests by Public Officials”, 2014 (Bosnian, English, French)

 

4.     Regional study and country reports on asset declarations in Egypt, Lebanon, Liberia, Morocco, Palestine, Tunis, and Yemen, 2015.

 

5.     Assessment of the law package on declaration of assets (Moldova), 2015.

 

6.     Draft international agreement on exchange of data for verification of asset declarations with explanatory notes, 2015 (English, Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, French, Macedonian, Romanian).

 

7.     Assessment of the revised Moldovan draft law on integrity testing, 2015.

 

8.     Risk assessment of the judicial sector in Bhutan, 2015.

 

9.     Review of the asset declaration system in Greece, 2016.

 

10.  Methodology for detecting hidden conflicts of interest (English, Albanian, Croatian, French, Serbian), 2016.

 

11.  The Road to Judicial Integrity – Stories from 15 years of implementing the Bangalore Principles, 2017.

 

 

Articles:

1.      “Profit from Violation of Privacy through the European Tabloid Press”,

6 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 1999, 75.              

 

2.      “Anscheinsbeweis bei Ausspähen der PIN”,

Zeitschrift für Bankrecht und Bankwirtschaft 1999, 88.                                                            (cited by Second Instance Court Osnabrück, 7 S 641/02)

 

3.      “Gewinnorientierte Persönlichkeitsrechtsverletzung in der europäischen Sensationspresse”,

Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht 2000, 29.                                          

 

4.      “Europäischer Schutz vor sexueller Diskriminierung beim Zugang zur Arbeit”

Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht 2002, 78.                                          

 

5.      “La protection contre la discrimination sexuelle à l'embauche en Europe”,

Revue de droit international et de droit comparé 2002, 32.

 

6.      “Immobilienfonds und Verbraucherschutz”,

together with J. Lang, Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht 2002, 343.

 

7.      “Die Geltung des Gebührenabschlags für im Beitrittsgebiet ansässige Behörden”,

Der deutsche Rechtspfleger 2002, 341.

 

8.      “Bildaufnahmen aus dem höchstpersönlichen Lebensbereich – der neue § 201a StGB”,

Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2004, 990.                           (cited by Federal Supreme Court, 5 StR 283/23;Administrative Court of Appeal Bavaria, 16a D 22.2292)

 

9.      “Campbell v. Mirror Ltd. – das ‚Model’-Urteil zu Privacy?”,

Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht 2005, 41.                                        

 

10.  “Privatleben in der Öffentlichkeit”,

Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht 2005, 637.                                        

 

11.  “Finanzierter Immobilienkauf als Haustürgeschäft”,

together with J. Lang, Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht 2005, 800.                        (cited by Federal Supreme Court Germany, XI ZR 283/03, XI ZR 400/03, XI ZR 6/04, XI ZR 358/04)

 

12.  “Die Bemessung des realisierten Immobilienrisikos bei ‚Schrottimmobilien’”,

together with M. Linz, Zeitschrift für Bankrecht und Bankwirtschaft 2006, 24.                  

 

13.  “Der Begriff ‚weiche Kosten’ in der Prospekthaftung”,

together with D. Riedel, Der Betrieb 2007, 1125.                                (cited by Courts of Appeals Frankfurt, 23 U 63/07, 23 U 39/09; Köln 18 U 147/11; Nürnberg 6 U 644/13)

 

14.  “Drum prüfe, wer sich niemals bindet – Die Vereinbarung zwischen Bundesregierung und Bundestag in Angelegenheiten der Europäischen Union”,

Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2007, 1540.                                                                               (cited by German Constitutional Court, 2 BvE 2/08)            

 

15.  “Ein Fall für Zwei: Untersuchungsausschuss und Ermittlungsbeauftragter”,

Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen 2008, 477.                                                      

 

16.  “Mindestlohn: Gesetzgebungskompetenz der Länder?”,

together with S. Menzenbach, Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht 2008, 1110.                     (cited by Bavarian Constitutional Court, Vf. 111-IX-08)

 

17.   “Der Spion, der aus der Luft kam: Flüge ausländischer Geheimdienste”,            

together with E. Giemulla, Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik 2008, 240.                

 

18.  “Strafbarkeit ausländischer Beamter bei Gefangenentransporten durch deutschen Luftraum”,        

Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft 2008, 941.           

 

19.  “Transparenz per Gesetz? Zu einem künftigen Lobbyisten-Register”,                              

Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik 2009, 39.                                                                          

 

20.  “Die Europäisierung der Gesetzgebung: Der 80-Prozent-Mythos lebt”,

Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2009, 168.                                                       (cited by German Constitutional Court, 2 BvE 2/08)            

 

21.  “Verfassungswidriges Recht: Was passiert bei einem Unterlassen des Gesetzgebers?”,

Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2009, 628.                                                           

 

22.  “Der Ermittlungsbeauftragte des Deutschen Bundestages – ein Vorbild für andere Parlamente?”,

Jahresbericht des Österreichischen Nationalrats 2009, 13.                            

 

23.  “Ein Kind seiner Zeit – Lebenspartnerschaft und Adoption”,

Das Standesamt 2010, 107.                                                                                                    (cited by Court of Appeal Hamburg, 2 Wx 23/09)                

 

24.  “Gleichstellung verpartnerter Beamter: Anspruch auf rückwirkende Leistungen?”,

Zeitschrift für Beamtenrecht 2010, 189.                                                                                            

 

25.  “Der Mythos vom ‚europäischen Impuls’ in der Gesetzgebungsstatistik”,

together with S. Hölscheidt, Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen 2010, 543                   

 

26.  “Produkte aus Kinderarbeit: Wer regelt das Verbot?”,

Landes- und Kommunalverwaltung 2010, 497.                             (cited by Administrative Court of Appeal Bavaria, 4 N 11.2673; Administrative Court of Appeal Baden-Württemberg, 1 S 1458/12)

 

27.  “Korruption und strafrechtliche Immunität im Bereich der Legislative, Exekutive und Judikative europäischer Staaten”,

Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft 2011, 901.

 

28.  “Public Corruption: Limiting Criminal Immunity of Legislative, Executive and Judicial Officials in Europe”,

5 Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law 2011, 538.                                       (cited by Venice Commission, CDL-AD(2013)008)

 

29.  “The case for asset declarations in the judiciary: Identifying illicit enrichment and conflicts of interests”,

U4 Brief May 2014 No. 5.

 

30.   “Ohne Geld ist alles nichts – 10 Jahre Reform der Bund-Länder-Finanzen“,

together with Horst Risse, Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2017, 35.

              

31.   “Blinde Passagierlisten – Ausweiskontrollen an Flughäfen“,

together with Elmar Giemulla, Zeitschrift für das gesamte Sicherheitsrecht 2018, 185.

 

32.   “So antworte mit Ja – Untersuchungsausschüsse, ausländische Akten und Rechtshilfe“,

Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2018, 1200.                                        (cited by federal draft law BR-Drs. 326/26, p. 226)

 

33.   “Privatisierung der Sicherheit an Flughäfen”,

together with Elmar Giemulla, Zeitschrift für das gesamte Sicherheitsrecht 2020, 63.

 

34.   “Ortung und Abwehr von Drohnen in Flugplatznähe”,

together with Giemulla, Zeitschrift für das gesamte Sicherheitsrecht 2020, 123.

 

35. “Das wahre Parlament erkennt man in der Not“,

together with Horst Risse, Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2020, 1386.

 

36. “Es kommt zum Schwur – Untersuchungsausschüsse und Vereidigung“

together with Sven Hölscheidt, Die Öffentliche Verwaltung 2021, 69.

 

37. “Verdeckte Testkäufe durch die Verwaltung – Vertrauen ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser“,

Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2022, 303.

 

38. “Parliamentary Inquiries: an Underestimated Anticorruption Tool”,

together with Juan Ticona, International Journal of Parliamentary Studies Vol. 2/2022, 202.

 

39. “Anticorruption, privacy, and (gay) family – the ECJ rules on financial disclosure of public officials”,

Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law 2023, 433.

 

40. “Im Schatten des Lobbyregisters: Arbeitgeberverbände und Gewerkschaften”,

Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2025, 483.

 

41. “Berliner Lobbyregister: Nun sag, wie hast du‘s mit der Religion?”,

Landes- und Kommunalverwaltung 2025, 353.

 

42. “Unerklärlich reich: Wann steht der Wert eines sichergestellten Gegenstands in einem ‚groben Missverhältnis‘ zu den rechtmäßigen Einkünften (§ 437 S. 1 StPO)?”

together with Felix Lüth, Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht 2026, 342.

 

43. “Wer ist hier Lobbyist? Bund und Länder im Vergleich”

together with Sara Vogd Sanchez, Zeitschrift für Gesetzgebung 2026, 233.

 

44. “Transparente Demokratie – der Mehrwert des Lobbyregisters”

together with Felicia Schliebs, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2026, 1574.

 

45. “Unter vier Augen mit dem Ermittlungsbeauftragten? Informelle Anhörungen”

together with Emil Münst, planned for Die Öffentliche Verwaltung 2027.

 

 

Case Notes:

1.      BGH: Präventionsgedanke und Schadensrecht,

Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht 1999, 951.                                      

 

2.      BVerfG: Präventionsgedanke und Schadensrecht,

Zeitschrift für Versicherungsrecht 2000, 1114.                                    

 

3.      Court of Appeal, GB: breach of confidence,

Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht Internationaler Teil 2002, 630.                                           

 

4.      BGH: EG-Richtlinie Verbraucherkredit/fehlerhafte Gesellschaft,

Betriebs-Berater 2003, 2092.      

 

5.      BGH: Girovertrag/Missbrauch von Zahlungskarten,

Verbraucher und Recht 2005, 71.

 

6.      BGH: Nachschusspflicht bei Publikumsgesellschaften,

Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht 2006, 61.

 

7.      KG Berlin: Girovertrag/Missbrauch von Zahlungskarten,

Verbraucher und Recht 2006, 110.

 

8.      OLG Bremen: EG-Richtlinie Verbraucherkredit/Haustürwiderruf,

Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht 2006, 241.

 

9.      LG Bonn: Girovertrag/Missbrauch von Zahlungskarten,

Verbraucher und Recht 2006, 205.                                                                                        (cited by Federal Supreme Court Austria, 3Ob248/06a)

 

10.  OLG München: Prospekthaftung des beherrschenden Gesellschafters,

Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht 2006, 417.

 

11.  BGH: Prospekthaftung bei Nachschusspflicht,

Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht 2006, 421.

 

12.  BGH: EG-Richtlinie Haustürwiderruf, Vertrauensschaden,

Europäsche Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2006, 446.

 

13.  BGH: Prospekthaftung und „weiche Kosten“,

Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht 2006, 637.                                                                                        (cited by Court of Appeals Munich, 19 U 3041/07)

 

14.  BGH: Geschäftsführung durch Nichtgesellschafter einer GbR,

Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht 2006, 753.

 

15.  BGH: Finanzierung von Immobilienfonds und RBerG,

Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht 2007, 278.

 

16.  BGH: EG-Richtlinie Haustürwiderruf: Zusätze in Widerrufsbelehrungen,

Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht 2007, 763.

 

17.  BGH: Vollstreckung von Gesellschaftsdarlehen und RBerG,

Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht 2007, 745.

 

18.  KG: EG-Richtlinie Haustürwiderruf: Widerrufsbelehrung,

Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht 2008, 207.

 

19.   BVerfG: Gleichstellung eingetragener Lebenspartner,

Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2009, 1516.                                                                               (cited by Court of Appeal Hamburg, 2 Wx 23/09)                                        

 

20.   BVerfG: Rückwirkung verfassungsgerichtlicher Entscheidungen,

Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2010, 1099.                                                         

 

21.   BVerwG: Gleichstellung verpartneter Beamter,

Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2011, 357.

 

22. AG Wedding: Fristenberechnung nach EU-Fluggastrechteverordnung

Verbraucher und Recht 2019, 30.                                                                    

 

23. EuGH: Das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz,

together with Lea Laboch-Semku, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2021, 1441.

 

 

Book Reviews

1.      Baumbach/Hueck, GmbH-Gesetz, 18. Auflage, 2006

Verbraucher und Recht 2006, 248.

 

2.      Brauer, Übungen im Kapitalgesellschaftsrecht, 2005

Jura 2006, 800.

 

3.      Hüffer, Aktiengesetz, 7. Auflage, 2006

Betriebs-Berater 2006, Heft 45, VIII.

 

4.      Piechaczek, Lobbyismus im Deutschen Bundestag, 2013

Recht und Politik 2014, 186.      

 

5.      Wiedmann/Niehaus/Thiggins (Hrsg.), Klima- und Umweltrecht, 2026

planned for Klima und Recht 2027.

 

 

Blogs

1.      RCC (2015), Corruption – cancer of each society?,
https://www.rcc.int/seeds/expert_view/6/corruption-cancer-of-each-society.

 

2.      UNCAC Coalition (2015), Immunities from prosecution: Let’s burst the bubble,
https://uncaccoalition.org/immunities-from-prosecution-lets-burst-the-bubble/.

 

3.      UNCAC Coalition (2015), Integrity testing: Too effective for corrupt countries?,
https://uncaccoalition.org/integrity-testing-too-effective-for-corrupt-countries/.

 

4.      Verfassungsblog (2021), Money Talks – The ECtHR is Getting Rid of Corrupt Judges,
English, French (L’argent a le dernier mot), Ukrainian (Все про кошти), Spanish (A los Tontos No les Dura el Dinero), Portuguese (Dinheiro não traz felicidade), Russian (гроша ломаного не стоит), 中国人 (金钱的诱惑).

 

5.      Verfassungsblog (2021), To Trust is to Choose, International experts vetting candidates for public office,

English, French (Faire confiance, c’est choisir), Ukrainian (Чому українському суду потрібні міжнародні експерти?), Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, 中国人, together with Anthony Hooper and José Igreja Matos.

 

6.   UNODC (2021), To hide or not to hide? Disclosing finances and interests, English.

 

7.   Verfassungsblog (2023), Tougher Integrity Measures for the European Parliament, https://verfassungsblog.de/tougher-integrity-rules-for-the-european-parliament/.

 

8.   UNCAC Coalition (2023), International integrity vetting of public officials, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, 中国人.

 

9.  Verfassungsblog (2023), Judges and Organized Crime – Why the ECtHR Upheld the Dismissal of a Senior Judge, English.

 

10. UNCAC Coalition (2024), International data exchange for asset declarations, English.

 

11. UNCAC Coalition (2024), Why the EU could and should join the International Treaty on Exchange of Data for the Verification of Asset Declarations, English.

 

12.  Verfassungsblog (2024), Prove Your Integrity or Resign – Why the ECtHR Upheld a 15-year Ban of a Judicial Advisor, English, together with Valentin Stojiljkovic.

 

13. GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog (2024), First Country Ratifies the Asset Declaration Treaty, English.

 

14. Verfassungsblog (2025), It’s Not a Trap – How the ECtHR Rescued Undercover Integrity Testing, English.

 

15. Verfassungsblog (2025), Private Wealth, Public Doubt – How the Romanian Constitutional Court Undermines Asset Declarations, and the EU, English.

 

16. Verfassungsblog (2025), Assets Without Alibi – The ECtHR Approves Confiscating Undeclared Wealth, English.

 

17. Verfassungsblog (2026), A Bad Bet for Judicial Vetting – Moldova’s Parliament Echoing Polish Politics, English.

 

 

Presentations:

-       Federal University of Applied Sciences, Brühl: “EC-Law and Local Law under the Lisbon Treaty” (2008).

-       Maastricht University: “Minority Rights and the Inquiry Committee of the Bundestag” (2009).

-       Panel Discussion of the Council of European Municipalities (Munich): “Rights of Local Governments under the Lisbon Treaty” (2009).

-       Association of German American Legislative Staff: “The ‘war on terror’ – CIA rendition flights and black prison sites” (2010).

-       Parliament of South Africa, Cape Town: “Cooperation between National and Regional Parliaments” (2010).

-       German Parliament, Academic Forum: “Criminal Immunity and Corruption from a European Perspective” (2012).

-       Expertise for PROVIDUS Latvia on civil society involvement in national preparation of European Union regulations, August 2013.

-       German Parliament, German Society for Legislation: “Conflicts around Bribery of Deputies” (2014).

-       UNODC/World Bank, Regional Conference on Asset Disclosure for West and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal: “Judges subject to asset disclosure: arguments for and against” (2014).

-       OECD/RAI Conference on Preventing Corruption: Anti-corruption Assessment of Laws, Monitoring Anti-corruption Strategies, Zagreb, May 2015.

-       Workshop on Lobbying: Transparency and Ethics in Lobbying, Tallinn, Estonia, September 2015.

-       Law, Justice and Development Week (LJDW) 2015, “Judicial Integrity Scan – Making the Bangalore Principles work in reality”, Washington D.C., November 2015, World Bank/GIZ.

-       Kyiv Economic Forum, Presentation on European success stories in fighting corruption, October 2016, Council of Europe.

-       ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific, 14th Regional Seminar, Presentation on the Judicial Integrity Scan in Bhutan, November 2016.

-       Roundtable – Practical Anti-Corruption Issues Facing the Judiciary: “Lobbying of Judges”, “Asset Declarations in Court”, CEELI Institute, Prague, January 2017.

-       2nd International Anti-Corruption Conference, Saudi Arabia, Presentation on successful asset declaration systems, February 2017.

-       Open National Consultation on the Fight against Corruption in Iraq, panellist on asset declarations and integrity testing, UNDP, Baghdad, April 2017.

-       Ljubljana Regional Forum on Effective Prevention of Corruption, panellist on corruption proofing and on risk assessments in health care, RAI/RCC, October 2017.

-       Panel speaker on “asset declarations in the judiciary” for the World Bank at the Global Judicial Integrity Network Conference, April 2018.

-       Panel speaker on “asset declarations”, at the UNCAC meeting, UNODC, September 2018.

-       Panel speaker on “asset declarations” at the Research Conference, Parliament of South Korea, Seoul, November 2018.

-       “Fighting Corruption with Kid Gloves? European Case Law”, University of Mainz, Law School, December 2025.

-       Berlin Process ministerial event on integrity, expert on AI in analysing integrity of officeholders, RAI, Tirana, October 2025.

-       “Minority Party Rights in Legislative Investigations”, International Conference on 
Legislation and Law Reform (iLegis), Washington DC, October 2026.

 

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