Founder
Markus Jaeger
Training
A trained banker, he studied law, political sciences and international relations in Germany, France and Switzerland.
Gathered three decades of hands-on experience in the fields of human rights, rule of law and law enforcement, working for the Council of Europe and Interpol and advising Frontex.
Present functions
Founder and owner, Jaeger & Associates, Human Rights Consultants
Secretary of the Nafplion Group (group of Ombudsman institutions / NPMs who offer independent, external monitoring of Frontex forced return operations)
Member of the Board and Executive Director of the Independent NPM Observatory – NPM Obs (www.npm-obs.org)
Teaches NGO Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Strasbourg, France
Former functions
Head of Division for Cooperation with Independent Human Rights Bodies, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France (2015-2019)
Manager of the European NPM Forum (2017-2019)
Council of Europe representative in the Consultative Forum of the European Boarder and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) (2014-2019)
Council of Europe representative on the Management Board of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) (2017-2018)
Deputy Special Advisor of the Secretary General for Ukraine (2014 – 2016)
One of six eligible candidates to the post of European Ombudsman in 2014
Head of the Migration Coordination Division of the Council of Europe (2012-2014)
Co-Chair with the Human Rights Commissioners of the Russian Federation of the Supervisory Board of the Programme in Support of the Russian Public Monitoring Commissions of Places of Detention (ONKs) (2012-2018)
Manager of the European Peer-to-Peer Project establishing an active network of Ombudsmen of Council of Europe member states (2010-2013)
Head of Division, Legal and Human Rights Cooperation Department (2009-2011)
Deputy to the Director of the Office of the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights (2002-2009)
Deputy Director of Legal Affairs, then Acting General Counsel of Interpol (2000-2002)
Deputy Head of the Secretary General’s Monitoring Unit in charge of producing confidential reports for the Committee of Ministers in the name of the Secretary General on Member States’ compliance with commitments and obligations (1996-2000)
Secretary of the Expert Committee on Administrative Law (CJ-DAM) which drafted the first edition of the Handbook of European Administrative Law (1997)
Co-Secretary of the Multidisciplinary Group against Corruption (GMC) which set up the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) (1994-1996)
Secretary of the Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter and organizer of the Turin Conference 1991 which overhauled the monitoring mechanism of the ESC (1990-1994)
Teaching assistant of the International Law Section of the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva (1987-1987)