Dr. Astrid Reisinger Coracini is a Senior Scientist at the Department of Legal Theory, International and European Law of the University of Salzburg. Her research focuses on the use of force, international criminal law, and international humanitarian law.
Previously, Dr. Reisinger Coracini held academic positions at the Universities of Vienna and Graz and served as Director of the Salzburg Law School on International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law. She was a Visiting Researcher at the New York University, designed an international and interdisciplinary master programme at the International Anti-Corruption Academy and worked as Legal Officer at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She holds a master and a doctorate degree in law from the University of Graz.
Dr. Reisinger Coracini participated in the negotiations on the crime of aggression for the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and has been a member of the Austrian delegations to the ICC Assembly of States Parties and the first Review Conference of the Rome Statute. As a member of the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, she contributed to the revision of the guidelines for the implementation of the 1999 Protocol to the Hague Convention. At the national level, Dr. Reisinger Coracini was part of the expert group for the implementation of crimes under international law in the Austrian criminal code and acted as an expert advisor for implementing legislation in other national jurisdictions. She is also a member of the Austrian National Committee for the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law.
Courses and Seminars:
UV International Criminal Law
UV International Law and the Use of Force
SE International Humanitarian Law (Law of Armed Conflict)
Academic Activities (Pure since 03/2024); u:cris (2018-2024)
Research Project (principle investigator) “Salzburg-Adigrat Transitional Justice Initiative (SATJI)”, funded by KoEF out of funds of the Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (2026-2028)
Austrian candidate for the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission established by the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts
