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Anja Mihr
Anja Mihr (born 1969) is a German political scientist and human rights researcher, who has worked largely in the area of international human rights regimes, human rights education and within the civil society sector. She is an internationally known academic on human rights and governance issue who has taught in various Universities for longer periods in Germany, the United States, Italy, China and the Netherlands. Her main work focuses on human rights, governance and transitional justice, looking at the interlinkage between institutions, organizations and the way human rights realization can be leveraged.

Anja Mihr has also served in various international academic and NGO advisory committees on human rights and from 2002-2006 she was member of the Executive Board of Amnesty International Germany.

Career
Anja Mihr is a Associate Professor at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. She has held numerous other positions at internationally known academic institutions such as Peking University (Beida) in Beijing, the European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratization (EIUC) in Venice, Columbia University in New York or Humboldt University in Berlin. She has worked interdisciplinary combining concepts of social sciences and international human rights law in her research and publications. She graduated from Free University in Berlin and her doctoral thesis was published in 2001 on the Impact of Amnesty International's human rights work in the GDR (East Germany) during the period of the Cold War until 1989.

Publications
Amnesty International, die Menschenrechte und der KSZE-Prozess, in Peter/ Wentker. (eds.), Die KSZE im Ost-West-Konflikt, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2012 pp. 233-248

Transitional Justice and the Quality of Democracy – From Democratic Institution Building to Reconciliation, in: Mihr (ed.) Transitional Justice: Between Criminal Justice, Atonement and Democracy SIM Special No. 37, Utrecht University, 2012, pp. 11-50

The Impact of Amnesty International’s Policies and Campaigns During the Cold War – the Case Study of East Germany, in: de Jonge/ McGonigle-Leyh/ Mihr/ van Troost (eds.), 50 Years of Amnesty International, Reflections and Perspectives, SIM Special 36, University of Utrecht, 2011, pp.21-50.

Human Rights in the 21st Century; Continuity and Change since 9/11 (together with Goodhart) (eds.), Palgrave Macmillian, 2011

The UN-Decade for Human Rights Education and the Inclusion of National Minorities, (together with Mahler/Toivanen) (eds.), Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt/ Berlin, 2009.

Human Rights Awareness, Education and Democratization: The challenge for the 21st Century, in: Journal of Human Rights, Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2009, Routledge, Francis & Taylor Group, London, pp. 177–189.

Amnesty International in der DDR, Der Einsatz für Menschenrechte im Visier der Stasi, Chrs. Links Verlag, Berlin, 2002.

Studies & Reviews
The misunderstanding: Human rights are recognized equally in Europe and Asia – but implemented differently. An essay. March 2013 https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/politics/global-issues-law/the-misunderstanding Transitional Justice and the Quality of Democracy - From Democratic Institution Building to Reconciliation, SIM, working paper, January 2012 http://www.anjamihr.com/resources/Working$252520Paper$252520TJ-1-1.pdf

Human Rights Benchmarks for EU’s External Policy, DROI, European (EU) Parliament, Directorate-General for External Policies, Political Department, 2011, EXPO/B/DROI/2011/15 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/droi/studiesdownload.html?languageDocument=EN&file=67511

Links: Research & Teaching
Netherlands Institute of Human Rights http://www.uu.nl/sim

Homepage http://www.anjamihr.com

Principle Investigator on Transitional Justice and Democratic Institution Building, Utrecht University and London University   http://www.tjdi.org

Academic Director for Master Degree on Governance and Human Rights at Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance, Berlin http://www.humboldt-viadrina.org/eng/study/master-of-governance-and-human-rights