Paulina Rundel

PhD Researcher in International Law

Currently serving as a University Assistant (prae doc) at the University of Vienna, conducting research on climate litigation and human rights mechanisms on the domestic, regional and international level.

Specializing in climate law, human rights law, and the law of international organizations.

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About

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Research Focus

Climate litigation and human rights mechanisms on the domestic, regional and international level. International organizations' accountability.

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Professional Role

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department for International Law. Lecturer in International Climate Law and Environmental Law.

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Languages

English (C2), German (native), French (B2), Spanish (A2)

Current Engagements

  • ✓Visiting Scholar at Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (in September 2025)
  • ✓Fellow and Fellow representative for the Doctoral School Advanced Research School in Law and Jurisprudence (Ars Iuris) 2025/2026
  • ✓ESIL assistant editor for ESIL Proceedings (Papers Series) (since April)
  • ✓Editorial assistant for Zeitschrift für Nachhaltigkeitsrecht (since September 2024)
  • ✓Member of the European Society of International Law (ESIL)
  • ✓Member of the European Association of Climate Law (EACL) by The Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility (IKEM)
  • ✓Reviewer for the European Journal of Legal Studies (EJLS) (since October 2025)
  • ✓Members Consultative Committee on "Climate Justice - Challenges for Law and Judges" at the European Law Institute

Teaching & Mentoring

University Assistant (prae doc) & Lecturer

University of Vienna, Department for International Law

February 2023 - present

Lecturer in International Climate Law and Environmental Law

Teaching and conducting research on climate law and environmental rights

Coach of International Law Moot Courts

University of Vienna

2023-2025

Team Coach

Coach for multiple international law moot court competitions: Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court (2025), WTO Moot Court (2023/24), and Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court (2023-2024, finalists 2023)

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Substitute Teaching

University of Vienna, Department for International Law

2024-present

Lecturer

Substitute teaching of WTO Law, Law of International Organizations, International Law of Domestic Courts, and International Investment Law

Publications

Recent & Selected

March 2025Yearbook Chapter

Overlooked Instruments: The European Protection of Human Rights in the Climate Crisis

Paulina Rundel

European Yearbook on Human Rights, Vol. 1

March 2025Article

Eine völkerrechtliche Außenperspektive auf die extraterritoriale Geltung der EMRK im Zusammenhang mit den 'Klimaklagen' vor dem EGMR

August Reinisch & Paulina Rundel

Archiv des Völkerrechts (AVR), Vol. 62(3)

November 2024Journal Article

Klimakrise vor Gericht: (In-)Flexibilität des EGMR bei Klimaklagen

Paulina Rundel

Zeitschrift für Nachhaltigkeitsrecht, Vol. 4(3)

July 2024Journal Article

The Right to a Healthy Environment and the Potential Recognition in the European Human Rights System

Paulina Rundel

Journal for Human Rights (Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte)

September 2024Master Thesis

The Need for an Accountability Mechanism for International Organizations: How to Hold the UN Accountable for Human Rights Violations in Peacekeeping Missions?

Paulina Rundel

LL.M. Thesis

Forthcoming

2026

Science meets International Law – Scientific Experts' Role in the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

Austrian Review of International and European Law, Vol. 29

Status: Double-blind peer-reviewed, accepted

2026

The ILC's Work on Dispute Settlement Between International Organizations and Private Parties

Nordic Journal of International Law

Status: Reviewed, accepted

October 2025

Einführung in das Weltraumrecht

Bonner Rechtsjournal (BRJ), Vol. 2

Status: Currently printing

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Latest News

Blog PostSeptember 2025

Inadmissibility Decisions after KlimaSeniorinnen: Hope Remains for Müllner v. Austria as the Next Successful Climate Case before the ECtHR

Blog of the European Journal of International Law (EJIL:Talk!)

Conference PublicationSeptember 2025

Intergenerational Justice for Children and Future Generations in Human Rights-Based Climate Litigation

Nachhaltigkeitsrecht im Konflikt, Vol. 3

Conference ReportAugust 2025

4. Internationaler Umweltrechtskongress 2025 in Marokko: Integrierter Rechtsrahmen für Luft, Ozeane und Land

Zeitschrift für Nachhaltigkeitsrecht, Vol. 5(2)

Blog PostJuly 2025

The Die Is Cast: Some Key Implications of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

Cambridge International Law Journal Blog

Blog & Opinion

September 2025

Inadmissibility Decisions after KlimaSeniorinnen: Hope Remains for Müllner v. Austria as the Next Successful Climate Case before the ECtHR

EJIL:Talk! (Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

September 2024

Is It Time? On the Recognition of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment in Europe

Völkerrechtsblog

June 2023

Istanbul Convention and EU's accession: Why did it take the EU 12 years to ratify?

Eastwest.eu

December 2021

A European blackout: fact, fiction or... inbetween?

Eastwest.eu

★ Awarded 1st prize of the Eastwest.eu student journalist competition

Curriculum Vitae

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