Holger Hembach was called to the bar in 1999. For more than ten years, he has worked for international organisations such as the UN, the EU, the OSCE and the Council of Europe in the area of human rights and justice reform.
He is the author of several publications including a book on the ECHR and has provided training to legal professionals across Europe.
Holger represents clients before the European Court of Human Rights as well other international courts and advises companies and individuals on business and human rights.
He keeps on being engaged as a consultant on justice reform and human rights.
Publications
Publications for legal professionals
- The Application to the European Court of Human Rights (book, published in German), November 2020
- ECHR jurisprudence on telecommunication law in 2020 (article, published in German), Kommunikation and Recht (K&R 2021, 145 – 151)
- The Australian Modern Slavery Act (article, published in German), Compliance Berater 2019, 388
- Jurisdiction of English Courts for law suits regarding environmental damages in Zambia – Vedanta Resources PLC and another v. Lungowe (article, published in German), Corporate Compliance Zeitschrift 2019, 230
- European Court on Human Rights on reporting about suspicions of a crime and protection of personality rights (article, published in German), Kommunikation und Recht (K &R) 2018, 13
- The judgment of the ECtHR in Libert v. France (article, published in German), Zeitschrift für Datenschutz 2018, 263
- Telephone surveillance in light of article 8 ECHR (article, published in German), MultiMedia und Recht 2017, 803
Publications for the general public
Training/seminars (excerpt)
The right to property pursuant to article 1 of Protocol 1 to the ECHR and the right to fair trial pursuant to article 6 ECHR (with Timothee Paris oft he French Conseil d‘ Etat)
Seminar organised by the Council of Europe for employees oft he Ministry of Justice of Armenia, Armenia 29/30 August 2015
The admissibility of applications to the European Court of Human Rights
Seminar for Albanian lawyers organised by the OSCE Presence in Albania, Tirana, Albania, 18/19 December 2014
The admissibility of applications tot he European Court of Human Rights
Seminar for Albanian lawyers organised by the OSCE Presence in Albania, Durres, Albania, 4/5 December 2014
The right to property pursuant to article 1 of Protocol 1 to the ECHR and the right to a fair trial pursuant to article 6 ECHR
Seminar for judges and law clerks of the highes civil court in Armenia organised by the Council of Europe, Diljane, Armenia, 29/30 September 2014 (togthe with Christiane Schmaltz)
The European Convention on Human Rights as an instrument for justice reform
Presentation at a confernce on the occasion oft he 20 anniversary oft he Prosecutor General’s Office in Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
The right to liberty and security pursuant to article 5 ECHR and the right to fair trial pursuant to article 6 ECHR
Series of nine seminars for Macedonian lawyers conducted in nine Macedonian cities, organised by the OSCE Mission to Skopje