Sönke Hilbrans studied law at Universität Trier and is a lawyer in Berlin. He specialized in criminal law and furthermore practices in administrative law, focusing on data protection, freedom of information and human rights. From 2014 to 2024, he has served as a judge at the Constitutional Court of Berlin. Hilbrans has coauthored commentaries on data protection and residency law. For many years, he served on the board of the Republikanischer Anwältinnen- und Anwälteverein and the Deutschen Vereinigung für Datenschutz. He has been a partner lawyer since ECCHR’s establishment, and joined our team as a senior legal advisor in 2016.
Senior Legal Advisor
Sönke Hilbrans
About us
Persons
Team
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General Secretary
Wolfgang Kaleck
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Legal Director
Miriam Saage-Maaß
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Director of the Institute for Legal Intervention
Annelen Micus
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Directress Border justice
Hanaa Hakiki
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Program Co-Director International Crimes and Accountability
Andreas Schüller
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Co-Program Director International Crimes and Accountability
Alexander Schwarz
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Co-Program Director Business and Human Rights
Cannelle Lavite
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Co-Program Director Business and Human Rights
Clara Gonzales
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Heads Communications Department
Maria Bause
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Director Communications and Advocacy
Martin Glasenapp
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Border Justice
Nerges Azizi
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Business and Human Rights
Chloé Bailey
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International Crimes and Accountability
Arne Bardelle
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Media and Communication
Martha Bracklo
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Business and Human Rights
Annabell Brüggemann
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Office Management
Jenny Dahlström
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Border justice
Abby d’Arcy
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Business and Human Rights
Laura Duarte Reyes
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Institute for Legal Intervention
Rieke Ernst
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Institute for Legal Intervention
Hannah Franzki
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Media and Communication
Josephine Gäbler
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Fundraising and partnerships
Natalie Hauser
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Isabelle Hassfurther
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Communications and fundraising
Susanne Hentschel
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Business and Human Rights
Cristina Hernandez Hurtado
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Senior Legal Advisor
Sönke Hilbrans
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Media and Communication
Philipp Jedamzik
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FUNDRAISING AND PARTNERSHIPS
Katharina Kersten
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Business and Human Rights
Antonia Klein
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INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL INTERVENTION
Elisabeth Krämer
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International Crimes and Accountability
Patrick Kroker
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Lilian Löwenbrück
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Media and Communication
Sigrun Matthiesen
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Business and Human Rights
Theresa Mockel
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INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL INTERVENTION
Andrea Pietrafesa
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Business and Human Rights
Lisa Pitz
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Victoria Riello-Brakensiek
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Institute for Legal Intervention
Andrea Ries
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International Crimes and Accountability
Silvia Rojas-Castro
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Investigative Commons
Anne Schroeter
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People & Culture
Eva Seeliger
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International Crimes and Accountability
Joumana Seif
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International Crimes and Accountability
Jake Soria
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International Crimes and Accountability
Fiona Thorp
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Institute for Legal Intervention / Business and Human Rights
Claire Tixeire
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Research Assistant
Fritz Wegemann
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MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
Rahel Weldemariam
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International Crimes and Accountability
Allison West
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Media and Communications
Dave Youssef
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Communications and Fundraising
Nicolina Zimmermann
Consultants
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Institute for Legal Intervention
Daniel Augenstein
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International Crimes and Accountability
Chantal Meloni
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International Crimes and Accountability
Florentina Pircher
Council
Emeritus advisory board
Advisory Board
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Board ProDesc
Alejandra Ancheita
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Writer and activist
Priya Basil
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Markus N. Beeko
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Reed Brody
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Professor of the Sociology of Diversity
Andrea Bührmann
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Joshua Castellino
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International Network of Civil Liberties and Human Rights Organizations (INCLO)
Gastón Chillier
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Secretary General Amnesty International Germany
Julia Duchrow
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Founder Human Rights Law Network
Colin Gonsalves
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Professor for International Criminal Law
Florian Jeßberger
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Wits Law School
Bonita Meyersfeld
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Professor for International Law and Human Rights
Manfred Nowak
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lawyer
Jennifer Robinson
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Director Right Livelihood Award Foundation
Ole von Uexküll
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Executive director CCR
Vince Warren
