Alba Hernandez Weiss, LL.M.
Research project:
Grenzüberschreitende Ermittlungen: Fragen der Zulässigkeit von Beweisen in der EU
Vita
Double degree in Economics and Law (2013-2018) at the Carlos III University of Madrid, with a year completed through the Erasmus Programme at the University of Cologne (2015-2016). Participation in the Iberoamerican Tax Moot Court Competition in Santiago de Chile (2017) and in the International Tax Moot Court Competition in Louvain La neuve (2018). From February to June 2018 intern at the Spanish Embassy in Berlin.
Master Studies (LL.M) in "German and European Law and Legal Practice" at Humboldt-University Berlin (2018-2019) focusing on German and European criminal law. Participation and completion of the training course of the Humboldt Law Clinic for fundamental and human rights (2018-2019).
From 2019 to 2020 legal trainee at the law firm Pérez-Llorca in Madrid in the areas of white collar crime and competition law. Admitted to the Madrid Bar Association (Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid) in August 2020. Since September 2020 fellow of the DFG Research Training Group „Dynamic Integration“ at the Humboldt-University Berlin.
Research Interests
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European Criminal Law
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Criminal Procedural Law
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Comparative Criminal Law
Publications
- Judicial review of investigative measures under the EPPO Regulation. More to it than it seems? A recap of the Oral Hearing in G.K. & Others, 24.04.2023, in: European Law Blog.
- For God’s Sake: European Court of Human Rights Endorses Blasphemy Law, 20.12.2018, in: Humboldt Law Clinic Grundundmenschenrechsblog.
- Mai Linh Bui, Alba Hernandez Weiss, Aus den Augen aus dem Sinn, 30.07.2019 in: Humboldt Law Clinic Grundundmenschenrechsblog.
- Adriana de Buerba, Andrea Bartolomé, Alba Hernandez; From Rat to hero: a new perspective on whistleblowing in the EU in: Newsletter of the International Bar Association, 12.12.2019.
- Lidia Gonzalez, Alba Hernandez; The Price of Freedom; in: website of the Criminal Law Committee of the Legal Practice Division of the International Bar Association, 28.07.2020
- Gegenseitige Anerkennung als 'Joker' bei transnationalen Ermittlungen? Einige Überlegungen zu dem Rechtsstreit Berliner Gerichte im Fall 'EncroChat', in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Strafrechtswissenschaft 2022, S. 427.
- "Effective protection of rights as a precondition to mutual recognition: Some thoughts on the CJEU's Gavanozov II decision", in: New Journal of European Criminal Law 2022, S. 180.