Curriculum vitae
Violetta Sefkow-Werner studied law, specialising in International Law, at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Geneva (First Legal Exam, 2019). She then completed her legal training at the Regional Court of Leipzig, including stations at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin (Second Legal Exam, 2021).
From 2016 to 2019, she worked as a student and research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law.
She has been working as a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Keller since 1 March 2022.
Publications
Helen Keller / Violetta Sefkow-Werner, Das Verbandsbeschwerderecht nach dem Urteil Verein KlimaSeniorinnen and Others v. Switzerland: So fern und doch so nah?, ZBl 01/2026, 4-26, availablehere.
Alexander Misic / Violetta Sefkow-Werner, Art. 34 EMRK, in: Helen Keller/Maya Hertig Randall (eds.), Basler Kommentar EMRK, Basel 2025, see publisher's websitehere.
Helen Keller / Violetta Sefkow-Werner, Proportionality: A Swiss Law Perspective, in: Proportionality: A Guiding Principle in Public Health Law, Ethics and Policy, Oxford University Press 2026, 237-254, available here.
Violetta Sefkow-Werner, ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: Treaty and Custom – A Marriage with a Complicated Matrimonial Regime, Climate Rights and Remedies Blog, 12 August 2025, availablehere.
Violetta Sefkow-Werner, Individual vs. representative applications or environmental vs. climate issues - The ECtHR's judgment in the Cannavacciolo v. Italy case, Strasbourg Observers, 1 April 2025, availablehere.
Violetta Sefkow-Werner, Consistent Inconsistencies in the ECtHR's Approach to Victim Status and locus standi, European Journal of Risk Regulation 2025, 1-10, availablehere.
Helen Keller / Nicole Lüthi / Violetta Sefkow-Werner, Switzerland, in: Anne van Aaken / Pierre d'Argent / Lauri Mälksoo / Johann Justus Vasel (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Europe, Oxford University Press 2024, 765-799, available here.
Violetta Sefkow-Werner / Lea Keller / Viviane Dettling, Der Schutz des Regenwalds als Rechtsobjekt oder Rechtssubjekt aus öffentlich-, straf- und privatrechtlicher Sicht, in: Suad Salihu / Rüya Tuna Toparlak (eds.), Neue Adressaten des Rechts, Luzerner Beiträge zur Rechtswissenschaft 175/2023, 71-108.
Violetta Sefkow-Werner, IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change, Climate Rights and Remedies Blog, 16 March 2022, availablehere.