Speaking and expert advice

Speaking topics

  • Corruption of members of parliament: comparative perspectives and reform under UNCAC, Council of Europe standards and the EU Anti-Corruption Directive
  • Prison law and the human rights of prisoners
  • Rehabilitation as a constitutional principle
  • Double jeopardy and the reopening of acquittals in comparative perspective
  • The right to be heard and fair trial guarantees in criminal proceedings
  • Preventive detention and the European Convention on Human Rights
  • Sentencing white-collar offenders
  • Transitional justice beyond the rules-based international order

Policy advice and expert work

  • Council of Europe expert in projects supporting the Constitutional Court of Turkey (individual application procedure; implementation of judgments)
  • Report for the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey on the legal framework for foreign terrorist fighters
  • Written evidence to the Legal Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag on the proposed EU Anti-Corruption Directive
  • Expert statements on German anti-corruption legislation, including an expert opinion on the reform of the offence of bribery of members of parliament
  • Member of the UNODC Anti-Corruption Academic (ACAD) Network

Erol Pohlreich is available for expert hearings, technical assistance missions and policy roundtables on anti-corruption law, prison law and fair trial standards.

Prof. Dr. Erol Pohlreich

Judge at the Kammergericht (Higher Regional Court of Berlin)