Judith Wyttenbach

Prof. Judith Wyttenbach serves as Professor of Constitutional and International Law at the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Bern, with active research and institutional leadership roles including her appointment as Swiss expert to the Council of Europe's Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities since 2024.

Her academic foundation includes:

• Studies at the Universities of Basel and Bern
• Doctorate on the state's duty to protect children under fundamental rights
• Habilitation on human rights conventions in federal states
• Research stays at Heidelberg's Max Planck Institute and University of Nice

Her research critically examines constitutional frameworks through lenses of international human rights law, gender policy, and federalism. Current projects emphasize fundamental rights protection in multi-level governance systems and historical analysis of gender equality reforms, particularly women's suffrage movements in Switzerland.

Recent publications demonstrate consistent thematic focus: the 2024 revised edition of Fundamental Rights addresses evolving state obligations, while the 2021 monograph Women's Suffrage analyzes legal-historical intersections of democracy and gender equality.

She maintains significant institutional engagement through:

• Scientific advisory board of Bern's Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies (IZFG)
• Board membership in Swiss Academy of Judges (CAS Judiciary)
• Bar Examination Commission of Canton Bern
• Swiss section of International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

Prior leadership includes Federal Commission for Women's Issues (2007-2019) and Swiss Competence Centre for Human Rights (2016-2022), where she specialized in gender policy and justice system reforms.