Maxim Ferschtman

Maxim Ferschtman

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Maxim Ferschtman serves as Senior Legal Advisor with the Equality and Citizenship program, with principal responsibility for the project to combat contemporary forms of discrimination in Europe. Maxim comes to the Justice Initiative from Böhler Franken Koppe Wijngaarden Advocaten, a law firm based in the Netherlands concentrating in criminal law, immigration law and international law & human rights. Maxim has brought a number of leading cases before the European Court of Human Rights, and has led trainings in international human rights law for attorneys and members of the judiciaries of Central and Eastern Europe, Georgia, Armenia, Russia and the Netherlands. Previously, he worked as a registry lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights and as a program officer at the Council of Europe for Human Rights Education and Democratic Citizenship. Maxim graduated with masters degrees in International Law and Human Rights Law as well as Russian Studies from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, where he subsequently lectured. He speaks Dutch, French, German, Russian and English.