Meet the full Human Rights in the Digital Society teaching staff

Our faculty is international, with members from Estonia, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium and Australia. Further, among our faculty are past and current lawmakers (members of parliament), judges, lawyers, and well known legal scholars, which combines to make a well balanced legal education from the theoretical and practical viewpoints.

Dr Walter Rech is Research Professor of Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory at Tallinn University. Walter is an interdisciplinary scholar conducting research at the intersection of law, philosophy, politics and history. His interdisciplinary approach is grounded on the idea that bringing together diverse intellectual perspectives helps achieve a better understanding of a world characterised by deep and complex entanglements. Walter has broad thematic interests and has published e.g. on issues of war and security; current challenges to the rule of law; the role of the philosophy of history in legal and political discourse; and the nature of certain legal, political and ethical concepts, such as ‘enemy’, ‘evil’ and ‘subject’.

Read his article on Indirect Aggression and the North Atlantic Treaty

Walter's piece on targeted killing is a must, see here: Is it legal? Is it useful? Some questions on targeted killing

Mart Susi has MA degree in Sociology from University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) and doctor iuris degree from University of Tartu (Estonia). He has held senior positions in several academic institutions. He is Professor of Human Rights Law. Mart Susi has initiated and is leading several research and development projects funded by the European Commission and the Nordic Council of Ministers. He has edited and is currently editing several research books on the topics of new human rights, the digital dimension of human rights and the controversy around the meaning of human rights. He is developing the Internet Balancing Formula and has lectured on the topic at various universities in Europe and South America. He is also involved as an expert for the European Commission and non-governmental organisations.

Professor Lehte Roots has been working at Tallinn University since 2020. He holds a Doctorate in Law from the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. He also holds two master's degrees. Master's degree in Public Management from the University of Potsdam, Germany, and a Master in Research from the European University Institute, Italy. Prof. Roots is member the scientific committees or editorial boards of several journals, International Journal of Law and Society, Athens Journal of Mediterranean Studies etc. and Editor in-Chief of the Athens Journal of Demography & Anthropology. Furthermore she provides evaluation reports for European Commission Marie Curie applications and COST action projects. He has also been invited to evaluate Kristjan Jaak Scholarship applications. She cooperates with the European Citizens Action Service and the European Parliament and prepares various legal analyses. Her research area includes European Union law, migration, asylum, citizenship, AI etc.

Associate Professor of Transnational Law. Academic degrees: Doctor of Laws, Master of Laws, Bachelor of Laws. Other positions: Chief specialist at the competition unit, Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. Research areas: Current interests primarily in EU state aid and competition law and policy, EU internal market law, EU criminal law, the application of EU law in Finland.

Lecturer of International Law. Her academic degrees: LL.B. Law (University of Southampton, UK); LL.M. Legal Research Master (Utrecht University, the Netherlands); PhD thesis defended at Swansea University, UK. Other positions: Member of the Center for Research on International Criminal Law at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Research areas: International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law.