Armin von Bogdandy graduated in law and in philosophy. He has been President of the OECD Nuclear Energy Tribunal, a member of the German Science Council and the Scientific Committee of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. He held visiting positions at the NYU School of Law, the EUI, and the Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, among others. He is the recipient of the Leibniz Prize, the prize for outstanding scientific achievements by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, the Premio Fix Zamudio, the Gavel of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights as well as several degrees Honoris Causa.