Commission de Venise du Conseil de l'Europe

EDUCATION 

• 2001 Law Faculty of the Charles University in Prague
• 2003 Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague (French and Political Science/International relations)
• 2004 European Master (E.MA) in Human Rights and Democratisation
• 2004 Doctor´s Degree (PhDr.) in Political Science and International Relations (Charles University, Prague)
• 2006 Ph.D. Degree in International Law (Charles University, Prague)
• 2007 Doctor´s Degree (JUDr.) in Law (Charles University, Prague)
• 2012 Diploma in International Law (University of Cambridge)
• 2014 Assistant Professor (Doc.) in International Law (Charles University, Prague)
• 2022 Full Professor (Prof.) in International Law (Charles University, Prague)

PROFESSIONAL LIFE 

• 2001 Czech Ministry of Defence (department of international law)                             
• 2005 Internship at the International Commission of Jurists, Geneva (Counter-Terrorism Branch, Regional Focus: Europe, Russia, CIS)
• Since 2001 Research fellow at the Institute of International Relations, Prague  
• Since 2006 Lecturer/Assistant Professor/Professor at the Law Faculty of the Charles University in Prague (Head of the Department of International Law)
• Since 2010 Member of the European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission of the Council of Europe)
• Since 2020 Member of the Managerial Board of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. Belligerent Reprisals in Non-International Armed Conflicts. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, No. 1, 2014, pp. 1-35.
• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. Armed Opposition Groups and Shared Responsibility. Netherlands International Law Review, Vol. 62, Issue 1, 2015, pp. 69-89.
• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. Symbols of Illiberalism in the World of Liberal States. Baltic Journal of International Law. Vol. 15, No. 1, 2015, pp. 249-267.
• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. The Use of Force by the Russian Federation in Crimea, Heidelberg Journal of International Law. Vol. 75, No. 1, 2015, pp. 27-50.
• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. Establishing Direct Responsibility of Armed Opposition Groups for Violations of International Humanitarian Law? In GAL-OR Noemi, RYNGAERT Cedric, NOORTMANN Math (eds). Responsibilities of the Non-State Actor in Armed Conflict and the Market Place. Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Findings. Brill. 2015, pp. 263-284.
• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. A State Without Territory? Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2015. 2016, pp. 19-47.
• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. Sovereignty, Property and the Russian Revolution. Journal of the History of International Law. No. 19, 2017, pp. 147–177.
• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. Foreign Terrorist Fighters and International Law. Groningen Journal of International Law. Vol 6(1), 2018, pp. 1-23.
• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. Populism and Human Rights. Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2018. 2019, pp. 143-174.
• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. Worlds Apart? Interpretation of International Criminal Law and International Human Rights Law Treaties and the VCLT. Austrian Review of International and European Law. Vol. 24, 2019, pp. 1-21.
• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. The Punishment of Negationism – the Czech Experience. In GRZEBYK Patrycja (ed.), Responsibility for negation of international crimes. Memory Law – International Crimes – Denial. Warsaw: The Justice Institute. 2020, pp. 195-206.
• BÍLKOVÁ Veronika. COVID-19 and Older Persons – In Need of a Comprehensive Human Rights Approach, Journal of Human Rights Practice, Vol. 2, 2022, pp. 1-18.

OTHER EXPERIENCES 

• Expert of the Czech Red Cross in IHL since 2000.
• Secretary General and Vice-President of the European Society of International Law in 2018-2023.
• Member of the Czech Government’s Council of Human Rights in 2019-2024, chair of the Working Group for Human Rights of Older Persons in 2020-2024.
• Member of the ILA Committee on Non-State Actors in 2007-2016, Member of the ILA Committee in Human Rights in Times of Emergency in 2019-2024.