European Yearbook on Human Rights 13

In terms of human rights, 2012 was the year of coherence: The EU adopted the first Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy and appointed its first Special Representative for Human Rights. At the Council of Europe, the importance of coherence in executing judgments and in improving the efficiency of justice remains high. Additionally, the story of the OSCE's human dimension proves to be one of ensuring policy coherence. Defining and discussing key developments in human rights, the 2013 edition of the European Yearbook on Human Rights brings together 26 contributions by renowned human rights experts that provide a much needed overview and sought-after analysis. Edited jointly by representatives of four major European human rights institutions, this yearbook extensively covers all relevant developments in the field of the three main organizations charged with securing human rights in Europe: the EU, the Council of Europe, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe/OSCE. A further chapter contains contributions on the role of civil society in human rights protection and on cross-cutting topics. Pursuing a holistic approach and containing detailed analyses, the European Yearbook on Human Rights 13 provides readers with both a comprehensive overview and deep understanding of the events and issues that have shaped the human rights debate in Europe in 2012 and will shape it in the future. The impressive array of authors - academics, diplomats, practitioners, and human rights experts - makes the book essential reading for anyone interested in human rights in Europe and beyond.

Wolfgang Benedek currently holds a position as Head of Institute of International Law and International Relations and as Director of the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy of the University of Graz. His main research interests are in the fields of human rights, human security and the regulation of the internet as well as international economic law where he has a focus on the WTO and Global Governance. He also has a specific interest in South-Eastern Europe and Africa. He has been involved in several research projects funded by national and European research foundations. He is the executive editor of the European Yearbook on Human Rights. He is teaching at all levels in international law and human rights law, international economic and development law, human rights in the Balkans, human security and the governance of the information society. He is long-time chair of the NGO World University Service (WUS) Austria.

Karl Wolfram holds a doctorate degree of law from Vienna (1964) and an LL.M. in international law from the University of Cambridge (1967). He became a lecturer of international law in 1981 and a full professor at the University of Salzburg in 1989; he retired in 2009 and is now professor emeritus. 
He also served as a guest professor at McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento (Calif., USA), at the universities of Innsbruck, Maribor, Frankfurt/Oder, and at the Summer School organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Polish and German Red Cross in Warsaw and Berlin, respectively. He has published and edited numerous articles and books in the field of international law, human rights, and humanitarian law. He is co-editor of the European Yearbook on Human Rights (Vienna) which started in 2009. Karl Wolfram has worked for the Austrian Human Rights Institute in Salzburg since 1990 and became its director in 2004. He is also a member of the Austrian Branch of the International Commission of Jurists, of the Council of the German Society of International Law and of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Besides that, he started his legal career in the Law Office of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in Geneva (1969-71). 

The EIUC Secretary General since 2009 is Florence Benoît-Rohmer of the University of Strasbourg. She has served as Vice-President of EIUC from 2002 till 2008, and as French national director of the European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA) since its inception in 1997. Florence Benoît-Rohmer holds a PhD in Public Law. She was President of the Université Robert Schuman (URS), Strasbourg, from 2003 to 2008. She is Professor at the Law Faculty in Strasbourg, Director of the Master programme in Human Rights at the University of Strasbourg. She has been acting as human rights expert for the Council of Europe and EU, was member of the European Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights set up by the European Commission, and is currently president of the Scientific Committee of the Fundamental Rights Agency of the EU. She is also member of the scientific committees of several international journals specialised in human rights, and in particular minority rights.