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Vladimir Hrle

Hrle Attorneys

Vladimir Hrle is a lawyer with 20 years of experience advising on complex cross-border matters at the intersection of international criminal law, extradition, and human rights. He is widely recognised for his work in cases involving international judicial cooperation, including mutual legal assistance, extradition proceedings, and challenges to abusive measures disseminated through INTERPOL’s channels.
In his practice, Vladimir has collaborated with leading regional and international law firms and has been involved in matters engaging international judicial and human rights bodies, including the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Committee Against Torture, the Human Rights Committee, and the European Court of Human Rights, as well as various arbitral tribunals. His career has also included extensive collaboration with international organisations and programmes such as the World Bank Group, the European Union, and UNDP. He has led country-level activities within a cross-border ESG governance programme implemented by the International Finance Corporation.
He has advised multinational companies on corporate governance, acted as an external compliance ombudsman, and led the corporate criminal liability component of a major EU-backed anti-corruption initiative. He regularly serves as a legal auditor in large-scale compliance audits and investigations. His broader work includes academic and policy contributions in the fields of corporate integrity, business and human rights, and directors’ criminal liability.
Vladimir is a member of the Advisory Board of the European Criminal Bar Association, where he co-chairs the Anti-Corruption Working Group, and is also a member of the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute. He is actively engaged in a number of international rule of law initiatives, including the Balkans Regional Rule of Law Network of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (founding member), Fair Trials (Legal Experts Advisory Panel), and the International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-Corruption. He is also a founding member of Lawyers Against Transnational Repression, an international network of practitioners focused on countering the misuse of extradition and INTERPOL mechanisms for political or repressive purposes. In addition, he serves as a regional coordinator of the Roxin Alliance, a partner organisation of the World Bank’s Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development.
Vladimir is Chair of the International Law Department of the Serbian Bar Association Academy for Legal Professionals and a certified trainer within the Council of Europe HELP Programme, regularly delivering training on the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the Strasbourg Court to lawyers, judges, and academics. He has authored numerous publications in the fields of extradition, international criminal law, and human rights.
He holds a postgraduate degree in EU criminal law from the University of Amsterdam, where he conducted research under the supervision of Professor Albert Swart, former judge of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal and ad litem judge at the ICTY.
Vladimir is recognised by Who’s Who Legal as a Global Thought Leader for his “top-notch work on business crime and extradition cases.”