Marek Prityi

Research Associate

Since May 2016, Mr. Marek Prityi has been a Research Associate at gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development. Mr. Prítyi is a PhD Candidate at the University of Cologne, Germany. His research is focused on the relationship between human rights and protection of the environment, with specific focus on the comparison of environmental procedural rights in selected Member States of the European Union, India and China. In 2018, he spent a research period at the West Virginia University, USA and in 2016, he spent a research period in Beijing, China. In 2015, he obtained degree Doctor of Law (JUDr.) at the Trnava University, Slovakia. In 2014, he obtained his LL.M. degree (Magna Cum Laude) at the University of Cologne. Prior to that, he completed studies of law at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia (2012). During his studies in Slovakia he completed the course “Austrian School of Law in Bratislava”, co-organized by the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He also spent one semester as Erasmus student at the University of Cologne (2011) and was a member of team that represented the Comenius University in Bratislava at the Regional Final of the European Law Moot Court Competition (2012). Mr. Prítyi worked as in-house lawyer in the legal department of international consulting company (2015-2016). He completed a traineeship at the German Parliament (2015) and he worked as junior lawyer at local law firm in Bratislava (2012-2013) and as pro bono legal consultant at Amnesty International (2013). Slovak native speaker, he is fluent in English and German.

  • International Environmental Law
  • Environmental Democracy and Global Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Intellectual Property
  • Indigenous People and Traditional Knowledge
  • CSR and Corporate Accountability
  • Migration and Refugees
  • Geopolitics
  • Legal Philosophy

The Case VLK and the Case Križan of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Der Fall VLK (EuGH, Lesoochranárske združenie VLK vs. Ministerstvo životného prostredia Slovenskej republiky, C-240/09 vom 8. März 2011) sowie der Fall Križan (EuGH, Križan und koll. vs. Slovenská inšpekcia životného prostredia, C-416/10 vom 15. Januar 2013) (The Case VLK and the Case Križan of the Court of Justice of the European Union), ZEITSCHRIFT OSTEUROPA-RECHT 1/2016, pp. 126-132

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic of December 1st, 2015, ÚS 90/2015-40

Das Urteil des Verfassungsgerichts vom 1. Dezember 2015, AZ: III. ÚS 90/2015-40 (Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic of December 1st, 2015, ÚS 90/2015-40), ZEITSCHRIFT OSTEUROPA-RECHT 3/2016, pp. 386-89

Protection of Refugees under Art.3 and 5 of the Convention

Der Flüchtlingsschutz im Lichte der Art.3 und 5 der EMRK (Protection of Refugees under Art.3 and 5 of the Convention), ZEITSCHRIFT OSTEUROPA-RECHT 3/2016, pp. 392-95

2016 Environmental Law of the Slovak Republic

2016 Environmental Law of the Slovak Republic (with Prof. K.W. Junker), COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND REGULATION, Chapter 46A, pp. 1-38 (Nicholas A. Robinson, Elizabeth Burleson and Lin-Heng Lye eds., Thomson Reuters)

The Risk of Absconding under Art.28 of the Dublin-III-Regulation

Die Fluchtgefahr i. S. v. Art. 28 Dublin-III-Verordnung (The Risk of Absconding under Art.28 of the Dublin-III-Regulation), ZEITSCHRIFT OSTEUROPA-RECHT 2/2017, pp. 241-244

Public Participation Rights in Environmental Matters at EU Level: Access to Information

Beteiligungsrechte der Öffentlichkeit in Umweltangelegenheiten auf der EU-Ebene: Der Zugang zu Informationen (Public Participation Rights in Environmental Matters at EU Level: Access to Information), ZEITSCHRIFT OSTEUROPA-RECHT 2/2017, pp. 238-241

The Habitats Directive and Public Participation Rights in Environmental Matters

Die EU-Habitat-Richtlinie und die Beteiligungsrechte der Öffentlichkeit in Umweltangelegenheiten (The Habitats Directive and Public Participation Rights in Environmental Matters), ZEITSCHRIFT OSTEUROPA-RECHT 2/2017, pp. 233-238

Refugee Law in the Spotlight of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic

Flüchtlingsrecht im Visier des Obersten Gerichts der Slowakischen Republik (Refugee Law in the Spotlight of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic), ZEITSCHRIFT OSTEUROPA-RECHT 4/2017, pp. 519-522

The State of Health and Transfer under the Dublin III Regulation

2017 Die Rolle des Gesundheitszustands bei der Überstellung nach Dublin III. Verordnung (The State of Health and Transfer under the Dublin III Regulation), ZEITSCHRIFT OSTEUROPA-RECHT 4/2017, pp. 522-525