Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights

Jonas Christoffersen

Director, Management
Phone: (+45)32698 861, E-mail: jch[AT]humanrights.dk
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Dr. jur. Jonas Christoffersen was appointed Director of the Institute on January 1st, 2009. He is a lawyer with entitlement to plead before the High Court (1998) and previously held the position of acting High Court Judge at the Danish Eastern High Court (2007). Prior to that he was a clerk at the Supreme Court (1999). Jonas Christoffersen has written about 50 juridical articles on national and international human rights (2000-2008). He was awarded the degree of doctor of laws (Dr. juris) on the basis of a dissertation on the European Court of Human Rights (2008).

Doctoral thesis:You can order Jonas Christoffersen's doctoral thesis at www.brill.nl.

Charlotte Flindt Pedersen

Deputy Director, Management
Master in East European Studies
Phone: (+45)32698 864, E-mail: cfp[AT]humanrights.dk
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Belarus, Ukraine, Central Asia, Trafficking of Human Beings, Juvenile Justice.