Stephan Wittich

Personal:

Date of birth: 1 August 1969
Place of birth: Mittersill, Salzburg, Austria
Citizenship: Austrian
Languages: German (native), English, French
Civil status: married, two children

Education:

Degree courses: University of Vienna, Magister iuris, 1995, Vienna,
Austria; University of Vienna, Doctor iuris, 2001,
Vienna, Austria.
Other courses, extra-curricular, etc.: Course in International Environmental Law, COPERNICUS
Programme, University of Budapest, July 1996; Summer Session of the Hague
Academy of International Law, July/August 1995 and July/August 1997; Seminar of the
United Nations International Law Commission, Geneva, July/August 2001
Employment:
Current: Assistant Professor (with tenure) of international law, Faculty of Law, Department of
International Law, University of Vienna (2001-present); professorial lecturer in
international law and international organizations, Vienna School of International
Studies/Diplomatic Academy Vienna (2003-present);
2001-2008 Senior lecturer in international law, Faculty of Law, Department of International Law,
University of Vienna.
1997-2001 University assistant, Faculty of Law, Department of International Law, University of
Vienna.
1996-1997 Law clerk, Regional Court for Civil Matters, Vienna.
1995-1996 Research and teaching assistant, Faculty of Law, Department of International Law,
University of Vienna.
1995 Law clerk, District Court for Criminal Matters, Vienna.
Professorial lecturer:
2004-present Vienna School of International Studies
2007-present Bratislava University of Law (Bratislavská vysoká škola práva)
Visiting lecturer:
Stephan Wittich, curriculum vitae Page 2
03/03/08
2005 Law Faculty University of Padua-Treviso
2005 Vienna Course for Military Legal Advisers from Central and Eastern Europe, Federal
Ministry of Defence and Austrian Committee of the Red Cross
Additional work experience:
April/May 1997 Participation on behalf of the International Commission on Environment at the session
of the Commission on Crime Prevention, Vienna International Centre
November 1998 Member of the Austrian delegation to the Second Conference of the Parties of the
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Dakar, Senegal
1998-2001 Correspondent to the ILC Special Rapporteur on State Responsibility, Prof. James
Crawford, covering the German language doctrine on the law of the international
responsibility of States
2001-2003 Co-author of expert opinion in the UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings concerning CME
Czech Republic B.V. (The Netherlands) v. The Czech Republic (Prof. Christoph
Schreuer and Prof. August Reinisch)
2001-2004 Legal adviser for the Principality of Liechtenstein in the Certain Property case
(Liechtenstein v. Germany) in the International Court of Justice
2003-2004 Legal assistant to Prof. Gerhard Hafner in his function as member of the UNCLOS
Arbitral Tribunal in the Mox Plant case (Ireland v. United Kingdom)
Numerous unpublished expert opinions on questions of international law

• Party autonomy in proceedings before international courts and tribunals
• International procedural law
• International treaty law
• Immunities and privileges of international in international law
• Austrian judicial decisions involving questions of international law
• International responsibility
• The State complaint procedure in the European Court of Human Rights

• Member, European Society of International Law (ESIL)
• Member, American Society of International Law (ASIL)
• Member, International Law Association (ILA)
• Member, Study Group on International Criminal Law

together with Gerhard Loibl, Austrian Review of International and European Law, vol. 13 (2008) (Leiden/Boston 2011), 497 pages

together with Gerhard hafner, Austrian Practice in International Law/Österreichische Praxis zum Internationalen Recht 2008

together with Gerhard Loibl, Austrian Review of International and European Law, vol. 14 (2009) (Leiden/Boston 2012), 713 pages

together with Gerhard Hafner, Austrian Practice in International Law/Österreichische Praxis zum Internationalen Recht 2009

together wiht Gerhard Loibl, Austrian Review of International and European Law, vol. 15 (2010) (Leiden/Boston 2013), 570 pages

together with Gerhard Hafner, Austrian Practice in International Law/Österreichische Praxis zum Internationalen Recht 2010, 517 pages

together wiht Gerhard Loibl, Austrian Review of International and European Law, vol. 16 (Leiden/Boston 2014), ??? pages

together with Gerhard Hafner, Austrian Practice in International Law/Österreichische Praxis zum Internationalen Recht 2011

• External reviewer, Journal of International Dispute Settlement
• External reviewer, International Community Law Review
• External reviewer, Cambridge univeristy Press

External Teaching Activities

Course “International Law, European Law and Constitutional Principles”, Master Programme “Strategic Security Management”, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt (Wiener Neustadt – winter semester 2012/13).

Course “International Humanitarian Law”, Master programme Human Rights, Danube University Krems (Krems – 2 December.2012).

Lecture “The State as a Subject of International Law”, Paneuropean University Bratislava (Bratislava –17 November.2012).

Course “Principles of International Law”, Master programme Vienna School of International Studies (Vienna – winter semester 2012/2013)

Course “Multilateral Diplomacy and the Law of International Organizations”, Diploma programme Vienna School of International Studies (Vienna – January 2013).

Lecture “Do Mountains Have Rights as well?”, Vienna Children University (Vienna – 13 July 2013).