{"id":1319,"date":"2026-06-19T12:12:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/?page_id=1319"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:55:28","slug":"melina-riemer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/en\/melina-riemer\/","title":{"rendered":"Melina Riemer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Doctoral Researcher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supervisor\/advisor: Prof. Dr. Gra\u017cyna Baranowska<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:melina.riemer@fau.de\">melina.riemer@fau.de<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melina-riemer-455a28345\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.linkedin.com\/in\/melina-riemer-455a28345\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:85% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Melina-Riemer-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1428 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Melina-Riemer-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Melina-Riemer-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Melina-Riemer.jpg 960w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Short Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melina Riemer studied law at the University of M\u00fcnster (Germany) and Aalborg University (Denmark) with a specialisation in public international law, and holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in public international law with a specialisation in human rights from Utrecht University (Netherlands). From spring 2023 to 2025, she was a legal trainee at the High Court of Berlin (Kammergericht Berlin), and worked in a law firm specialised in migration law as well as for the Border Justice team of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR). Since May 2025, she works as a research assistant for Prof. Dr. Gra\u017cyna Baranowksa at her Chair for Migration Law and Human Rights at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, where she also teaches at the Law Faculty. Melina does interdisciplinary research at the intersection of human rights and migration law. Her work focuses on European human rights protection, European migration law, human rights theory, democratic theory and critical perspectives on international law.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapsibles \"><div class=\"accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" data-href=\"#research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights-section\" id=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" data-media-accordion-image-id=\"0\" data-media-accordion-image-url=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-alt=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-caption=\"\">Research Project at Transforming Human Rights<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" role=\"region\" name=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melina\u2019s doctoral research project has the working title \u201cThe democratic nation state between universality and exclusion: The doctrine of states\u2019 right to migration control in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights\u201d. It is an interdisciplinary project at the intersection of law and political theory. It focuses on the European Court of Human Rights\u2019 doctrine of states\u2019 sovereign right to migration control, and connects human rights theory and democratic theory with a critical doctrinal and normative analysis of the migration jurisprudence of the Court.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"publications\" data-href=\"#publications\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"publications-section\" id=\"publications\" data-media-accordion-image-id=\"0\" data-media-accordion-image-url=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-alt=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-caption=\"\">Publications<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"publications-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"publications\" role=\"region\" name=\"publications\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kienzle and Riemer, \u2018Evidencing Pushbacks in Light of a Systematic Practice: ARE v Greece (App. No.15783\/21) and GRJ v Greece (App. No.15067\/21)\u2019, (2025) European Human Rights Law Review (4), 506-514, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mr2.rw.fau.de\/files\/2025\/10\/Evidencing-Pushbacks-in-Light-of-a-Systematic-Practice-ARE-v-Greece-App.-No.1578321-and-GRJ-v-Greece-App.-No.1506721.pdf\">https:\/\/www.mr2.rw.fau.de\/files\/2025\/10\/Evidencing-Pushbacks-in-Light-of-a-Systematic-Practice-ARE-v-Greece-App.-No.1578321-and-GRJ-v-Greece-App.-No.1506721.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kienzle and Riemer, \u2018Feeble Recognition of a Systematic Pushback Practice: The latest ECtHR rulings on Greek pushback cases\u2019, (2025) Verfassungsblog, Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/verfassungsblog.de\/pushbacks-echr-greece-turkiye\/\">https:\/\/verfassungsblog.de\/pushbacks-echr-greece-turkiye\/<\/a><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctoral Researcher Supervisor\/advisor: Prof. Dr. Gra\u017cyna Baranowska Contact: melina.riemer@fau.de LinkedIn Short Bio Melina Riemer studied law at the University of M\u00fcnster (Germany) and Aalborg University (Denmark) with a specialisation in public international law, and holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in public international law with a specialisation in human rights from Utrecht University (Netherlands). 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