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Astrid Steinkellner

Title: 
Mag.a
First Name: 
Astrid
Last Name: 
Steinkellner
Position: 
Researcher
E-Mail: 
astrid.steinkellner@univie.ac.at
Telephone: 
+43 1 4277 27459
Address: 
Freyung 6 (Schottenhof), 1. Hof, Stiege II, A-1010 Wien

 

Curriculum Vitae

Key competences

  • Legal research and consultancy on business and human rights and European human rights protection
  • Development and implementation of the fundamental rights training module for Austrian judgeship trainees (training materials, teaching/training)
  • Project design, management and implementation

Professional record

  • Legal researcher at Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, team Human Rights in Business and Development Cooperation
  • Research assistant to Vice-chair of European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) Management Board Hannes Tretter
  • Trainee lawyer at law firm Martin Paar
  • Administrative assistant at World Vision Austria, Association for Development Assistance and International Understanding

Education

  • PhD on fundamental freedoms and human rights (University of Vienna), specialization on business and human rights, international relations and European law (at present)
  • Law degree, (University of Vienna), specialization on legal gender studies, business and tax law

Membership in professional bodies/networks

  • Assistant member of CSR standard committee at the Austrian standardisation institute (2009-2012)
  • Working group member of the Social Responsibility Network (NeSoVe, 2008)

 

Publications

  • Kerstin Buchinger/ Barbara Liegl/ Astrid Steinkellner, European human rights case law and the rights of homosexuals, foreigners and immigrants in Austria, in: Dia Anagnostou (ed.), The European Court of Human Rights: Implementing Strasbourg's Judgments on Domestic Policy, Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2013
  • Barbara Linder/ Karin Lukas/ Astrid Steinkellner, The Right to Remedy: Extrajudicial Complaint Mechanisms for Resolving Conflicts of Interest between Business Actors and Those Affected by their Operations, BIM, Vienna 2013
  • Karin Lukas/ Astrid Steinkellner, Unternehmen in Konfliktregionen, INEF Forschungsreihe Menschenrechte, Unternehmensverantwortung und Nachhaltige Entwicklung, 12/2012, Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg 2012
  • Barbara Linder/ Astrid Steinkellner, Corporate Responsibility für Human Rights, in: Manfred Nowak/ Karolina M. Januszewski/ Tina Hofstätter (eds.), All Human Rights for All, Vienna Manual on Human Rights, NWV, Wien - Graz 2012
  • Karin Lukas/ Astrid Steinkellner, Sozialnormen in Nachhaltigkeitskapiteln bilateraler Freihandelsabkommen, in: Christoph Scherrer/ Andreas Hänlein (eds.), Sozialkapitel in Handelsabkommen, Begründungen und Vorschläge aus juristischer, ökonomischer und politologischer Sicht, Nomos, Baden-Baden 2012
  • Karin Lukas/ Astrid Steinkellner, Menschenrechtsschutz durch Maßnahmen der Handelspolitik?, Juridikum - Zeitschrift für Kritik, Recht, Gesellschaft, Nr. 3/2011, Verlag Österreich, Wien 2011
  • Stefanie Dörnhöfer/ Barbara Linder/ Astrid Steinkellner, Datenschutz und Corporate Social Responsibility: stärker zu zweit!, in: Nothing to hide – nothing to fear?, Jahrbuch Menschenrechte 2011, Böhlau, Wien 2011
  • Astrid Steinkellner, Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte: Juristisches Arbeiten am Puls der Zeit, Marburg Law Review e.V., MLR 1/2011
  • Astrid Steinkellner/ Lisa Weber, Vielfalt und Chancengleichheit als Teil einer CSR Strategie, in: Vielfalt und Chancengleichheit im Betrieb. Ein Leitfaden für den Umgang mit Vielfalt und die Herstellung von Chancengleichheit in österreichischen Unternehmen, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (ed.), Vienna 2010
  • Kerstin Buchinger/ Astrid Steinkellner, Litigation before the European Court of Human Rights and Domestic Implementation: Does the European Convention Promote the Rights of Immigrants and Asylum Seekers? European Public Law, Vol. 16/3, Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands 2010
  • Karin Lukas/ Astrid Steinkellner, Social Standards in Sustainability Chapters of Bilateral Free Trade Agreements, Vienna Chamber of Labour (ed.), Vienna 2010
  • Barbara Linder/ Tom Sorell/ Astrid Steinkellner, LARRGE: Labour-Rights-Responsibilities-Guide, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (ed.), Vienna 2010, published on http://www.larrge.eu/en/larrgeguide/larrge-guide-inhaltsverzeichnis.html
  • Philip Czech/ Astrid Steinkellner/ Christof Tschohl et.al., Grundrechte im gerichtlichen Berufsalltag, Skriptum zum RiAA-Grundrechtsmodul 2010 (2nd edition), Bundesministerium für Justiz (ed.), Vienna 2010, published on http://www.richtervereinigung.at/images/Texte/grundrechtsskriptum.pdf
  • Barbara Liegl/ Astrid Steinkellner/ Hannes Tretter, The role of the European Court of Human Rights in Austria: Recommendations on how to enhance domestic impact of its judgments and improve its overall effectiveness, JURISTRAS Policy Paper, presented to the CoE Interlaken Ministerial Conference 18 and 19 February 2010, published on http://bim.lbg.ac.at/en/news/reform-european-court-human-rights
  • Kerstin Buchinger/ Barbara Liegl/ Astrid Steinkellner, Protecting Individuals from Non-Majoritarian Groups in the ECtHR: Litigation and Jurisprudence in Austria, in: The European Court of Human Rights and the rights of marginalised individuals and minorities in national context, Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden/Boston 2010
  • Astrid Steinkellner, OECD Leitsätze für Multinationale Unternehmen, in: Menschenrechte und Wirtschaft, study by Karin Lukas and Franz-Josef Hutter, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna 2009
  • Astrid Steinkellner/ Helmut A. Prantner, Zur überfälligen Errichtung einer nationalen Menschenrechtsinstitution in Österreich, in: MenschenRechtLos?!, Österreichische HochschülerInnenschaft (ed.), Vienna 2009
  • Kerstin Buchinger/ Barbara Liegl/ Astrid Steinkellner/ Hannes Tretter, Strasbourg Jurisprudence and Minorities: Litigation and Implementation in Austria, European Commission (ed.), Luxemburg 2008, published on http://www.echr.coe.int/Library/DIGDOC/JURISTRAS-2007-EN-Austria.pdf
  • Manfred Nowak/ Astrid Steinkellner/ Hannes Tretter, Vorschläge zur Errichtung einer nationalen Menschenrechtsinstitution in Österreich, Journal für Rechtspolitik 15/2007, Springer Verlag, Vienna 2007