On 1st February 2024, the Research Group "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" hosted Thomas Franck Lecture by Dr. Julia Duchrow, Secretary General of Amnesty International in Germany, on

“International Law and Human Rights Activism – The Case of Amnesty International”.

Julia Duchrow has been Secretary General of Amnesty International in Germany since November 2023. She holds a doctorate in international law. Until her return to Amnesty International in 2019, she headed the Human Rights & Peace department at the aid organisation “Brot für die Welt” (Bread for the World) for eight years. Previous to this, she held a position in the Asylum Policy department of Amnesty International for ten years. Julia Duchrow is an elected member of the coordination group of the Human Rights Forum and was a deputy member of the administrative board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2017 to 2022), a member of the board of trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights (2016 to 2020) and of the advisory board for civil crisis prevention in the German Federal Foreign Office (2015 to 2018).