Merilin Kivorig – Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law and Human Rights, University of Tartu Faculty of Law

Dr. Merilin Kiviorg (DPhil Oxford, mag iur Tartu) is a senior research fellow in public international law and human rights at the University of Tartu Faculty of Law and an author of many articles published on law and religion, and on European human rights law and practice regarding freedom of religion or belief. She has taught international law, human rights and international relations at the University of Oxford, as well as serving as a lecturer and assistant professor in international law, human rights and EU law at the University of Tartu in Estonia. She was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. She has also served as an expert advisor on freedom of religion or belief for non-governmental and governmental bodies (the Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Legal Chancellor, and the Estonian President). She is currently teaching courses on comparative human rights and on religion and human rights. Her current research interests are human rights and religion in Europe with a special focus on Eastern Europe and specifically Russia.