Zuzana Fellegi, Ph.D., LL.M.

Senior Lecturer Law, International Relations & Diplomacy

Letenska 5, Prague 1

Courses taught

Ms. Fellegi is a human rights lawyer and political scientist active as Senior Lecturer at AAU School of Law and International Relations and Diplomacy. She studied human rights, European law and political science in the Muhlenberg College, USA; the Humboldt University, Berlin; and the Sciences-Po and l´ENA, Paris.

She previously worked in the field of Justice and Home Affairs for the European Commission and as General Director for Human rights and Minorities in the Office of the Slovak Government, where she cooperated with numerous international organizations such as the UN, UNESCO, OECD and OSCE. Through her studies and work in several European countries and in the USA, Ms. Fellegi attained considerable cross-cultural experience and is fluent in seven languages.

She is currently a member of the Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) and its Standing Group on Gender and Politics (ECPG); the Czech Gender Expert Chamber (GEKR); the Association of Female Foreign Policy Experts; the Society Women in Law in Prague; and the Gender in Diplomacy (GenDip) network. She participates in the work of the Czech Governmental Council for Equality of Women and Men and she is a member of its Committee for Gender Equality in Politics and Decision-Making. She specializes in Human Rights and Gender Issues, European Law and Politics, and International Organizations and International Law; and she conducts research and teaches classes in these fields.

Specializations

Human rights and rights of women at regional and universal level (EU, CoE, UN-CEDAW)
Anti-discrimination, gender equality and gender mainstreaming
International organizations and their human rights impact
Human rights impact of military conflicts and humanitarian interventions
EU policies and European comparative politics
Cooperation of Visegrad states, Central European issues

Monographs

Fellegi, Z. (forthcoming). Kvóty a mýty. Genderová rovnost v rozhodovacích pozicích veřejné sféry (Quotas and Myths. Gender Equality in Public Decision-making). Prague: Wolters Kluwer.

Editorial work

Fellegi, Z., Hrbková, L., Duborw, J. (eds.). Women and Political Power: Progress and Challenges. Women’s Studies International Forum, Special Issue.

Journal articles

Fellegi, Z., Hrbková, L., Duborw, J. (forthcoming). State of Female Political Representation: Different Regions – Different Problems? In Fellegi, Z., Hrbková, L., Duborw, J. (eds.): Women and Political Power: Progress and Challenges. Women’s Studies International Forum.

Hrbková, L., Fellegi, Z. (2022). The Quota Debate In The Czech Republic and Post-Communist Legacy. In Fellegi, Z., Hrbková, L., Duborw, J. (eds.): Women and Political Power: Progress and Challenges. Women’s Studies International Forum, 95(102645):1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2022.102645.

Fellegi, Z., Kočí, K. (2022). Work and Family Balance in Top Diplomacy. The Case of the Czech Republic. Politics & Gender, 1-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191x-bja10111.

Fellegi, Z., Kočí, K. (2022). Gender Strategies of Czech Female Diplomats. The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 17(4):1-32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X21000489.

Book Chapters

Fellegi, Z. (2020). Rovnost žen a mužů v České republice – jak dospět od formální úpravy k praktické aplikaci (Equality between Women and Men in the Czech Republic – How to Advance from Formal Adjustments to Practical Application). In Šmíd, M. (eds.): Právo na rovné zacházení. Deset let antidiskriminačního zákona (Right to Equal Treatment. Ten Years of Anti-Discrimination Law), 66-105. Prague: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-80-7598-850-8.

Fellegi, Z. (2020). Kdo se bojí Istanbulské úmluvy? (Who is Afraid of the Istanbul Convention?). In Šimáčková, K., Havelková, B., Špondrová, P. (eds.): Mužské právo. Jsou právní pravidla neutrální? (Men´s Law. Are the Legal Rules Neutral?), 297-331. Prague: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-80-7598-761-7.

Fellegi, Z. (2019). Proč ratifikovat Istanbulskou úmluvu aneb mezinárodní lidskoprávní smlouvy jako český národní zájem (Why the Istanbul Convention Should be Ratified or International Human Rights Treaties as Czech National Interest). In Kizeková, A. (eds.): České zájmy v roce 2019: Analýzy ÚMV (Czech Interests in 2019: IIR Analysis), 110-124. Prague: Institute of International Relations. ISBN: 978-80-86506-86-9.

Articles in proceedings

Fellegi, Z. (2019). Feminism and Understanding of the Gender Roles in the Czech Republic. In Bolcha, P., Brucken, R. M. (eds.):Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Rights, 52-63.Prague: Anglo-American University, Vermont: Norwich University. ISBN 978-80-906585-8-5.

Fellegi, Z. (2019). Obavy z Istanbulské úmluvy nejsou odůvodněné. (Concerns about the Istanbul Convention are not Justified). In Office of the Czech Government, Department of Equality of Women and Men: Rozbor naplňování úmluvy rady Evropy o prevenci a potírání násilí na ženách a domácího násilí (Istanbulské úmluvy) ve vybraných státech Rady Evropy (Analysis of the Implementation of the CoE Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) in Selected CoE States), 17-21. Prague: Office of the Czech Government.

Fellegi, Z. (2018). Influence of the European Gender Acquis on the Czech Legislation, in Giertl, A., Beckova, D. (eds.): The Place, Role and Significance of Domestic Law in Ensuring the Performance of Obligations Stemming from International and European Law, Collection of Scientific Research, 138-155. Kosice: UPJS. ISBN 978-80-8152-595-7.