• Researcher
  Estonian Academy of Security Sciences

Personal data

• Born: February 24, 1984, Tallinn
• E-mail: annika@martens.ee

Education

• Doctoral Student, Faculty of Law, University of Tartu (Thesis on national implementation of international humanitarian law, supervisor professor Raul Narits), 2008-current
• LL.M., Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law (Thesis: Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts), 2007-2008
• Magister iuris, Faculty of law, University of Tartu (Thesis: National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law), 2006-2008
• B.A., Faculty of Law, University of Tartu (Thesis: National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law with an Emphasis on Teaching and Disseminating), 2003-2006
• Exchange Student in Venezuela, 2000-2001

Career

• Researcher, Internal Security Institute, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, December 2008-current
• Lecturer of Philosophy of Law and Introduction to Law; Guest Lecturer of International Humanitarian Law, Erasmus Teacher Exchange Programme at Huelva, Spain; Editor , Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2010
• Specialist, University of Tartu, 2006-2007
• Editor, Acta Societatis Martensis (Journal of International Law and International Relations), 2005-current
• Tutor for first year students, University of Tartu, 2004-2006

Main areas of research

•  Internal Security Policy

Projects

• Report on the National Implementation of Humanitarian Law. In: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Law of Armed Conflict, (international conference), Estonian National Defence College, 2009
• Exploring Humanitarian Law, Teaching young people the basic principles of International Humanitarian Law, Editor of the Estonian version of the resource pack for teachers, 2010

Professional activity and membership

• Member, Martens Society, 2005-current; Member of the Board, 2007-current
  
• Member, ELSA Estonia (European Law Students Association), 2004; Vice President on Seminars and Conferences, 2006
  
• Friedrich Born Moot Court on International Humanitarian Law, Slovenia, November 2006
  
• Free Legal Advisor,  Harju County Court, 2005-2006
• Philip C. Jessup Moot Court on International Humanitarian Law, Baltic Friendly Round, February 2005
  
• Philip C. Jessup Moot Court on International Humanitarian Law, University Round, winner, December 2004
  
• Member, YFU Estonia (International Student Exchange Organisation), 2002; Volunteer of the Year, 2003
  

Studies abroad

• Helsinki Summer Seminar: Linking State Responsibility with International Criminal Law, August 2009
• Helsinki Summer Seminar: Tensions in the Law of Treaties, August 2007
• 25th Warsaw Summer Seminar on Humanitarian Law (2 weeks), July 2007
• Baltic Summer Academy on International Humanitarian Law, Lithuania, August 2006
• Helsinki Summer Seminar: the 4th Annual Seminar on International Criminal Law, February 2005

Hobbies and community work

• Long Distance Running, Singing, Crafts

Publications

• A. Kasemets, A. Talmar and E. Liivik. Parema õigusloome rakendamine Eesti sisejulgeolekupoliitikas (Implementation of Better Regulation Principles in the Internal Security Policy) . Riigikogu Toimetised (Journal of Estonian Parliament) 2011, 23, pp. 83-96.
• International Military Tribunals: Creation, Jurisdiction and Effectiveness in Light of Criminalizing Sexual Violence. Police Theory and Practice (a Slovakian journal), 2010, pp. 161–174.
• National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, 4 Acta Societatis Martensis, 2010, pp. 185–227. (in Estonian).
• Self-defence against Terrorist Attacks: the US Action in Afghanistan, Police Theory and Practice (a Slovakian journal), 2010, pp. 125–134.
• F. Angelstok, T. Kyntäjä, S. Kaugia, E. Raska, L. Auväärt,  R. Mahmudo, I. Pettai, U. Traat, R. Vöörmann, H. Koitel, R.  Kroonberg, R. Öpik, A. Lall. Serving the Society – a Collected Monograph. Annika Talmar (ed.). Tallinn: Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2010 (in Estonian).
• Civil Defence in International Humanitarian Law and Its National Implementation, Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences 8, 2009, pp. 114–133. (in Estonian).
• I. Karton, M. Kratovitš, P. Plaks, A. Talmar. The Rules for Completion and Reference of Student Works.  Tallinn: Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2009. (in Estonian)

 Article in Juridica International

• The Role of Basic Rights in Environmental Protection. Basic Right to Environment de lege ferenda in the Estonian Constitution, Juridica International, 2011, No. 1, pp. 140-150 

Languages

• Estonian (Native)
• English (Fluent)
• Spanish (Proficient)
• Finnish (Conversant)
• Russian (Conversant)

• Head of Better Regulation and Internal Security Research Group,
  Estonian Academy of Security Sciences

Personal data

• Born: November 23, 1963, Pärnu
• E-mails: aare.kasemets@sisekaitse.ee; aarek@ut.ee 

Education

• PhD Studies in sociology of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu 2001-07 (e.g. Visiting PhD Student, University of Oxford, 2004-05 - Kristjan Jaak grant).
• MA in sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu, 2001 (cum laude)
• BA in journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu, 1995

Career

• Head of Better Regulation and Security Research Group, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2010–current
• Program Manager (part time), Human Resource Develoment Department, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2010-current
• Head of Better Regulation and RIA Methods Training Programme for civil servants responsible for draft legislation in the ministries, University of Tartu, 2010-2011
• Vice Director, EuroCollege, 2008 and Head of Better Regulation and Civil Society Programme, University of Tartu, 2008-2010
• Head of Strategy Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, 2006-2008
• Adviser,  Ministry of the Environment, 2004-2006 
• Adviser, Chancellery of the Riigikogu, 2003-2004
• Head of Socio-Economic Information Department, Riigikogu, 1995-2003
• Adviser, Economic Affairs Committee, Riigikogu, 1993-1995
• Partner, Chair of Rural Sociology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 1992-1993

Main areas of research

• Social Sciences: sociology of law and organisation, especially the institutionalisation of good governance and better regulation principles, e.g. use of social sciences in public policy planning, regulatory impact assessment and civic engagement

Grants and projects

• Better Regulation: Methods of Impact Assessment and Civic Engagement. Training programme and electronic training tool for civil servants. Financed by the Ministry of the Finance. Head of programme and editor of electronic training tool. University of Tartu, 2009-2011
• Civil Society Against Corruption: Estonia. Intenational project: The Experience of Civil Society as an Anticorruption Actor in East Central Europe - Rumanian Academic Society (Bucarest) and Hartie School of Governance (Berlin) with help of Soros Foundation (Budapest), 2009-2010
• PRIMUS project: Applied Interdisciplinary Higher Education Studies and Databases in the Service of Knowldge-based Higher Education Policy and Economy (SA Archimedes, co-financed by European Social Foundation. Head of Project, 2009-2010
• UNDP project: Socio-demographic Impact Assessment of Draft Legislation, 2004

Professional activity and membership

• Estonian Accociation of Sociologists, member 1996–current, board member 1998-2001, 2011-current
• Member, European Association of Sociology, 2000–2004
  The Experience of Civil Society as an Anticorruption Actor in East Central Europe, member of network, 2009–current
• Member, Estonian Club of Rome, 2001–current
• Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu Toimetised), 2000-current
• Expert, Estonian Civic Society Foundation, 2008-2011
• Member, Council of better regulation programme, Estonian Ministry of the Justice, 2007-2009
• Estonian correspondent, European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Dokumentation (www.ECPRD.org), 1995-2003

Presentations/papers

• A. Kasemets. The Quality of Legislation and the Rrole of Impact Assessment. The Quality of Legislation: Estonian Perspectives. Organised by European Commission Legal Drafters, Brussels, 11.10.2005.
• A. Kasemets. Sociological and Public Opinion Research as Reflection for the Parliament and Civil Society. In: Abstracts. Ageing Societies, New Sociology: The 6th Conference of The European Sociological Association. Stream 9: Political Sociology; Murcia (Spain); 23-26 Sept, 2003. ESA Publications Division, 2003, 536. http://www.um.es/ESA/papers/St9_61.pdf
• A. Kasemets. Implications of New Public Management Theory in Parliamentary Research Services. In: IFLA Conference Proceedings: Section of Parliamentary Libraries and Research Services; Jerusalem, Israel; August 14-18, 2000 . Jerusalem: IFLA, 2000, No 073-98(WS)-E

Hobbies and community work

• Literature, Rural Lifestyle/Culture, Human Rights and Civil Society Initiatives

Teaching practice

• Good Governance and Better Regulation: regulatory impact assessment and civic engagement methods courses for civil servants working in the ministries, 1998-current 
• The use of Social Sciences in the Policy- and Law-making (introductory lectures in Estonian, BA students and MA students), University of Tartu, 2008-current 

Publications

• A. Kasemets, A. Talmar and E. Liivik. Parema õigusloome rakendamine Eesti sisejulgeolekupoliitikas (Implementation of Better Regulation Principles in the Internal Security Policy). Riigikogu Toimetised (Journal of Estonian Parliament) 2011, 23, pp. 83-96.
• A. Kasemets. Lõhe õigusloome normide ja faktide vahel 1998-2009 mõjude hindamise ja kaasamise teabe esitamisel (The Gap between Legal Norms and Social Facts in the Draft Legislation 1998-2009: Knowledge on Impact Assessment and Involvement of Stakeholders). Riigikogu Toimetised 2009, 19, pp. 104-115.
• A. Kasemets. Keskkonnahoidlike riigihangete prioriteedid ja regulatiivse juhtimise valikud. (Priorities of Green Public Procurement: Challenges of Regulatory Management). Riigikogu Toimetised, 2008, 17, pp. 129-138.
• B. Michael, A. Kasemets. The Role of Incentive Design in Parliamentarian Anti-Corruption Programmes. The Journal of Legislative Studies 2007, 13, pp. 280-300.
• K. Staroňová, Z. Kovacsy, A. Kasemets. Comparing Experience of Introducing Impact Assessment Requirement to Draft Legislation in CEE: The Case of Slovakia, Hungary and Estonia. Staroňová, K. et al. (Eds.). Implementation - the Missing Link in Public Administration Reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Bratislava: NISPAcee Publications, 2006, pp. 165-197.
• A. Kasemets. Teadmistepõhise ning säästva poliitika institutsionaalsed eeldused Eestis (Institutional Preconditions for Knowledge-based and Sustainable Policy). Riigikogu Toimetised, 2006, 14, pp. 152-160.
• A. Kasemets and M.-L. Liiv. The Use of Socio-legal Information in the Explanatory Memoranda of Draft Acts: a Precondition for Good Governance . G. Janey et al.  (Eds.). Institutional Requirements and Problem Solving in the Public Administrations of the Enlarged European Union and Its Neighbours. Bratislava, Slovakia: NISPAcee Publications 2005, pp. 142-165.
• R. Lepa, E. Illing, A. Kasemets, Ü. Lepp, E. Kallaste. Kaasamine otsustuste tegemise protsessidesse (Involvement into Policy-making Processes). Tallinn: PRAXIS, 2004.
• A. Kasemets. Sotsiaalteaduste poliitikas/seadusloomes kasutamise moraalsed ja praktilised aspektid (Use of Social Sciences in the Policy- and law-making: Moral and Practical Aspects). In: Eesti sotsiaalteaduste aastakonverents IV (Annual Conference of Estonian Social Scientist IV). Ed. by R. Vetik. Tallinn University, 2004, pp. 96-98.
• A. Kasemets. Rakendusuuringute ja analüüside tellimine valitsusasutustes 1999-2001: teel teadmistepõhisema poliitika, õigusloome ja avaliku halduse poole (Ordering of applied studies in the ministries 1999-2001: on way to the more knowledge-based public policy, legislation and administration). Riigikogu Toimetised 2002, 6, pp. 107-117.
• A. Kasemets. Impact Assessment of Legislation for Parliament and Civil Society: a Comparative Study (22 countries). Kasemets, A. (Ed.) Legal and Regulatory Impact Assessment of Legislation. Proceedings of ECPRD seminar. Tallinn: Riigikogu Kantselei, 2001, pp. 47-104.
• A. Kasemets. Seaduseelnõude seletuskirjade informatiivsus sotsiaal-majanduslike mõjude, eurointegratsiooni ja osalusdemokraatia valdkonnas (The Informativeness of Draft Laws Explanatory Memoranda in the field of Socio-economic Impacts, EU integration and participatory democracy). Riigikogu Toimetised, 2000, 1, 159-183.
• A. Kasemets. The Role of Small Parliamentary Information & Research Services in the Political and Social Interaction. A. Kasemets et al (Eds.). Society, Parliament & Legislation. The Role of Socio-Economic Studies and Parliamentary Information and Research Services in Legislation. 1999. Tallinn: Riigikogu Kantselei, pp. 91-125.
• A. Kasemets. Department of Economic and Social Information and other Research and Information Services to the Estonian Riigikogu. Robinson, W. H.; Gastelum, R. (Eds.). Parliamentary Libraries and Research Services in Central and Eastern Europe. Building More Effective Legislatures. München: Saur, 1998, pp. 83-92.

Article in Juridica International

• A. Talmar-Pere, R. Narits, A. Kasemets. Applying the Concept of Better Regulation to Internal Security Policy, Juridica International, 2011, No. 1, pp. 35-43

 Languages

• Estonian (Native)
• English (Good)
• Russian (Good)
• German (Poor)

• Lecturer of Public Law
  Estonian Academy of Security Sciences

Personal data

• Born: September 21, 1971, Tallinn
• E-mail: ero.liivik@sisekaitse.ee

Education

• Doctoral Student, University of Tartu, 2007-current
• B.A., Faculty of Law, University of Tartu, 2000

Career

• Lecturer of Public Law, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, 2008–current
• Mayor, Saue Town Government, 2004-2007
• Member of Saue Town Council 

Main areas of research

• General Sociology, Sociology of Law, Direct Democracy, Public Law 

Hobbies and community work

• Classical Music, Travel

Teaching practice

• Public Law (General course in Estonian), 11 ECTS
• Encyclopaedia of Law  (General course in Estonian), 8 ECTS
• Local Government Law

Publications

• Legitimacy through Direct Democracy in the EU Member State: Direct Democratic Initiatives in the Estonian Parliament. Proceedings of the Institute for European Studies, Journal of Tallinn University of Technology 2010, No. 8, pp. 82-99.
• Otsedemokraatia mõju õigusloome legitiimsusele (Direct Democracy and legitimacy of Legislative Drafting), Riigikogu Toimetised (Journal of the Estonian Parliament) 2010, No. 21, pp. 75-81. (in Estonian).
• Otsedemokraatia rakendamise võimalustest Eesti riigikorralduses (The possibilities of implementing direct democracy in Estonia), Riigikogu Toimetised (Journal of the Estonian Parliament) 2008, No. 18, pp. 65-73. (in Estonian).

Article in Juridica International

• Referendum in the Estonian Constitution: Historical and Comparative Constitutional Aspects, Juridica International, 2011, No. 1, pp. 17-26

 Languages

• Estonian (Native)
• English (Fluent)
• Russian (Good)
• Finnish (Good)
• French (Satisfactory) 

• Adviser to the Civil Chamber Supreme Court of Estonia

Education

• Doctoral Student, University of Tartu, 2008–current
• Master of Arts in Law, University of Tartu, 2008 (cum laude)
• B.A. in Social Sciences (Law), University of Tartu, 2006 (cum laude)

Career

• Adviser to the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia, 2007-current

Main areas of research

• Patent Law (especially patenting of biotechnological inventions)

Teaching practise

• Seminars on Intellectual Property, 2010–current

Article in Juridica

• On Issues of the Patenting of Stem Cell Related Inventions, Juridica Abstract, 2012, No. 7, pp. 557-564

Article in Juridica International

• M. Piirman. Patentability of Inventions Related to Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Juridica International, 2011, No. 1, pp. 94-103

• Assistant, University of Tartu
  Advisor, Elections Department of the Chancellery of Riigikogu
  

Personal data

• Born: May 23, 1983, Tartu
• E-mail: priit.vinkel@ut.ee

Education

• Doctoral Student, Faculty of Social Sciences, Public Administration, Tallinn University of Technology, 2008-current
• M.Soc., Faculty of Social Sciences, Public Administration, Tallinn University of Technology, 2008 (cum laude)
• B.A., Faculty of Social Sciences, Political Science, University of Tartu, 2005

Career

• Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Tartu, 2011-current
• Assistant and Researcher, Tallinn University of Technology, 2009-2011
• Adjunct Lecturer (Part-time), Tallinn University of Technology, 2008-2009
• Advisor, Elections Department, Chancellery of Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament), 2007-current
•  Consultant of Constitutional Committee, Chancellery of Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament), 2006-2007
• Consultant of Legal Committee, Chancellery of Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament), 2005-2006
• Advisor, Estonian National Electoral Committee, 2005

Article in Juridica

• Assessment of the Effect of Amendments to the Tallinn City Council Electoral System, Juridica Abstract, 2009, No. 9, pp. 636-646

Article in Juridica International

• Ü. Madise, P. Vinkel. Constitutionality of Remote Internet Voting: The Estonian Perspective, Juridica International, 2011, No. 1, pp. 4-16

• Lawyer, Legal Department, Financial Supervision Authority

Personal data

• Born: 28 December 1973
• E-mail: Anu.Kove@fi.ee

Education

• Durham Islamic Finance Summer School 2011 (University of Durham, UK)
• Europa-Kollege, University of Hamburg, Germany 1998/99
• Baltic Exchange Program, Faculty of Law, University of Stockholm, 1995
• B.A., Faculty of Law, University of Tartu, 1997

Career

• Lawyer, Legal Department, Financial Supervision Authority 2002–current
• Lawyer, Legal Division, Banking Supervision Department,  Bank of Estonia, 1998-2002
• Expert, EU Law Division, International Law Department, Ministry of Justice 1996-1998

Main areas of research

• Economic Penal Law (theory of penal law applicable in the financial sector), Islamic finance 

Presentations/papers

• Presentations on the prevention on money laundering and terrorist financing, 2002-2006; presentation on Islamic Finance on Baltic Actuarial Summer Seminar, 2011

Hobbies and community work

• Music, History, Lliterature, Art

Article in Juridica International

• Current and Savings Deposits in Conventional and Islamic Retail Banking in the EU, Juridica International, 2011, No. 1, pp. 142-151

 Languages

• Estonian (Native)
• English (Fluent)
• German (Fluent)
• French (Good)
• Russian (Good)
• Finnish (Fair)
• Swedish (Fair)
• Arabic (Standard Modern Arabic) (Basic)
• Portuguese (Basic)

• Doctoral Student of Legal History, University of Tartu

Articles in Juridica

• From Russia via Germany to Italy: Teaching Roman Law and its Forefathers in Estonian University (1919–1940), Juridica Abstract, 2012, No. 3, pp. 193-203
• The Historical Experience of Estonia with the Plurality of Penal Law Acts, Juridica International, 2010, No. 1, pp. 227-235

Articles in Juridica International

• The Historical Experience of Estonia with the Plurality of Penal Law Acts, Juridica International, 2010, No. 1, pp. 227-235

• Adviser to the Administrative Law Chamber
  Supreme Court of Estonia

Articles in Juridica International

• Eingreifen oder nicht eingreifen, das ist hier die Frage. Die Problematik der Bestimmung und des Anwendungsbereichs der Eingriffsnormen im internationalen Privatrecht, Juridica International, 2010, No. 1, pp. 199-206

• Prof. Dr.jur., University of Cologne

Articles in Juridica International

• Positivism as a Concept of Legal Historians, Juridica International, 2010, No. 1, pp. 100-107

Articles in Juridica International

• Über die Geschichte und Bedeutung von Oikeus als einer kritischen Zeitschrift, Juridica International, 2010, No. 1, pp. 84-89