Born on 1 June 1964 in Zurich, Switzerland

• Doctorate in environmental law, University of Zurich, 1993
• Master of European Law (LL.M.), College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, 1994
• Research Fellow at Harvard University Law School, United States of America, 1995
• Research Fellow at the European University Institute of Florence, Italy, 1996
• Member of the American Society of International Law since 1996
• Legal Counsel in a law firm in Switzerland, 1996-2011
• Visiting researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for International Law of Heidelberg, Germany, 2000
• Professor of International Law, Constitutional Law and European Law at the University of Lucerne, 2001-2004
• Professor of International Law, Constitutional Law and European Law at the University of Zurich, 2004-2011
• Board Member of the International Law Commission, Swiss Section, 2008-2011
• Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC), 2008-2011
• Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Oslo, Norway, 2010
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 4 October 2011 to 3 December 2020.