Stephanie Egerer-Uhrig

Stephanie Egerer-Uhrig is the head of one of the three War Crimes Units of the Federal Public Prosecutor General’s Office in Berlin. Investigations into crimes committed by ISIS, particularly against Yazidis, are the main focus of her unit. Stephanie She is also a member of the Genocide Network at Eurojust.

Stephanie Egerer-Uhrig started her professional career as a public prosecutor and judge, before taking up a post as an academic assistant at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in Berlin. From 2004 to 2006, she worked at the Federal Public Prosecutor General’s Office as a public prosecutor. After five more years as a public prosecutor, she was appointed to the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in 2012. She has worked on anti-terrorism cases in Asia and Europe, including the ISIS attacks in Paris, Brussels, and Nice, and has served as the national correspondent for terrorism at Eurojust.