JUDr. Petra Ditrichová, Ph.D.

Associate Researcher, Institute of International Relations


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Employment

Since 01/2019: Associate Researcher, Center for International Law, Institute of International Relations, Prague
Since 08/2018: Legal Adviser, Department of International Law, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic
08/2017 – 07/2018: Czech Liaison Officer, NATO Support and Procurement Agency - NSPA, Capellen, Luxembourg
1/2015 – 7/2017: Legal Adviser, Department of International Law, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic
1/2013 – 12/2014: Deputy Legal Adviser, Allied Command Transformation Staff Element Europe (NATO/ACT SEE), SHAPE, Belgium
5/2007 – 12/2012: Legal Adviser, Department of International Law, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic


Education

2013: Doctor´s Degree in International Law (Title: Doctor Iuris – JUDr.)
2008 – 2012: Charles University, Faculty of Law, Ph.D. degree in „Public International Law I“(International law, European law, Constitutional Law), thesis on Legal Regulation of Non-State Armed Actors;
2005 – 2007: University of Cambridge, Institute of Continuing Education, Diploma in An Introduction to English Law and the Law of the European Union;
2004 – 2005: University of Zaragoza, Law Faculty, Spain, Erasmus scholarship;
2001 – 2007: Charles University, Faculty of Law, Master’s degree;
1994 – 1998: Secondary School/Business Academy Hovorčovická, Prague


Languages

Czech – mother tongue
English – active
Spanish – active
French – passive


Areas of Interest

International Humanitarian Law
International Human Rights Law
International Criminal Law
Rules of Engagement (ROE)
Rules on Use of Force


Memberships

International Society for Military Law and Law of War – Board of Directors member, President of the Committee for General Affairs
Czech Society for International Law
Czech Red Cross – adviser


Books and Chapters in Books

(2017): Gill, T., Fleck, D., Boothby, W., & Vanheusden, A. (eds.), Leuven Manual on the International Law Applicable to Peace Operations: Prepared by an International Group of Experts at the Invitation of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War, co-author, Cambridge University Press;
(2017): Základní prameny MHP, co-author, VHÚ Praha, 2017, ISBN: 978-80-7278-698-5;
(2012): Bakker & Sossai eds, Multilevel Regulation of Military and Security Contractors, „Report concerning legal regulation of PMSC in the Czech Republic“, Hart Publishing, Oxford UK;
(2007): MHP: Souhrn pro velitele, co-author, MO ČR – AVIS.


Scholarly Articles

(2016) Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law, No. 7 (2016) “International Law and the Use of Armed Drones: Where is the Controversy?”;
(2014) NATO Legal Gazette No. 34 (2014) “NATO: Evolution and Legal Framework for the Conduct of Operations“;
(2013) NATO Legal Gazette No. 30, co-author “Questions on HQ SACT & International law” and “Capturing NATO Knowledge through Information Management: Policy, Process, and Procedure”;
(2013) The Military Law and the Law of War Review No. 52/2, co-author „Responding to Change – Legal challenges in the Future Security Environment – Report on the 2013 NATO Legal Conference on 24 – 28 June 2013“;
(2011) Czech Yearbook on Public International Law No. 2, “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Law of Armed Conflict implications”;
(2009) Acta Universitatis Carolinae Iuridica No. 4, Mezinárodní humanitární právo – 60. výročí Ženevských úmluv z roku 1949, article “Šíření a aplikace MHP v AČR“;
(2009) National Report on Private Military and Security Companies, EU - PRIV WAR Project under 7th Framework research program under Council Research Directorate. Outcome of the project published in Francioni, F., Ronzitti N. (eds.), “War by Contract: Human Rights, Humanitarian Law and Private Contractors”, Oxford University Press, 2011;
(2007) Common Law Review No.8, “Contract law vs. Law of Obligations – Czech and Common Law Perspective”.


Expert Redaction

(2017) Frederic de Mulinen, Příručka práva ozbrojeného konfliktu pro ozbrojené síly, vydáno ICRC 1987, odborná redakce, Vojenský historický ústav 2/2017;
(2012) Pravidla pro užití síly – příklady (RoE) I/2012, VeV-VA Odbor doktrín, 1. vydání.


Book Reviews

(2015): V. Bílková (ed.), MHP: vznik, vývoj a nové výzvy, Studie z lidských práv č. 9., Právnická fakulta UK, Praha.


 Lectures and Teaching

Since 2010: Charles University, Faculty of Law, regular guest lecturer in International Humanitarian Law;
2013 – 2014: St. John´s University, New York (USA), lecturer and tutor in NATO Practicum program;
2010 – 2012: Charles University, Faculty of humanities, co-founder and lecturer of pilot program “Application of International Humanitarian Law”.





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