Member of ECRI in respect of Luxembourg since 2011; member of the Bureau in 2014-2015; Vice-Chair in 2016-2017; Chair in 2018-2019

• University Studies in History at the Universities of Strasbourg (France) and Vienna (Austria)
• Dr phil (Social and Economic History), University of Vienna 1973
• Professor in Global History at the University of Luxembourg until April 2013
• Vice-Rector, University of Luxembourg (2003-2007)
• Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, University of Luxembourg (2011-2019)
• National Director, E.MA Master in Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice (1998-2018)
• Member of the Board of EIUC, European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (2002-2014)
• President of the Commission consultative des droits de l’homme du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (2006-2013)
• President of Omega90, the Luxembourg Association for Palliative Care (1998-2009)
• President of the Commission “Justice and Peace” Luxembourg (2008-)
• Member of the Board of the European Network of “Justice and Peace” Commissions (2013-2019)
• Vice-President of CARE Germany-Luxembourg (2017-)
• Member of the National UNESCO Commission (2001-2019)
• Prix Lions awarded in 2001 for activities in the field of human dignity