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is a former judge at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg (2009-17). He is a University Professor at the Central European University (CEU). Professor Sajó was the founding dean of Legal Studies at CEU. In addition to his stature as a prominent constitutionalist, he is also a distinguished scholar in the human rights field, including media regulation. Professor Sajó has been extensively involved in legal drafting throughout Eastern Europe. In addition, he participated and/or advised in drafting the Ukrainian, Georgian, and South African constitutions. He served as Counsel to the President of the Republic of Hungary (1991-1992) and chaired the Media Codification Committee of the Hungarian Government (1994). He is a member of the American Law Institute (1997) and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1995). Full bio

is University Professor at NYU Law School and Senior Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard. He served previously as President of the European University Institute, Florence. Prof. Weiler is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of International Law (EJIL) and the International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON).

is Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law and European Law at the University of Kent (Canterbury, UK). She obtained her doctorate from the European University Institute in Florence (2003) and her law degree from the University of Tartu in Estonia. Prof. Albi has co-edited the key two-volume reference book National Constitutions in European and Global Governance: Democracy, Rights, the Rule of Law (Springer&Asser Press, 2019, open access at https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789462652729). On the basis of the twenty-nine national reports in the book, Prof. Albi is currently completing a major comparative monograph, which identifies three broader constitutional traditions in Europe and explores how substantive comparative European constitutional law has been changed by autonomous EU and global law and governance. The book also explores structural issues in the discourse on EU and national constitutions, on the basis of literature on the epistemology of EU law. Amongst a variety of consultancy, Professor Albi has been an invited expert at a European Parliament hearing on the Future of Europe, and has served for several years as an expert to the European Commission’s Gender Equality Network. More information

holds a Law degree from the University of Latvia. She completed her postgraduate studies of the American legal system, the law and politics of the European Communities and political science at the University of Aarhus, in Denmark. She obtained her Master’s degree in International Law at the University of Lund, in Sweden and a Doctor of Law degree at the University of Cambridge. She was a parliamentary assistant at the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia (1990-1992) and a consultant to the Foreign Affairs committee of the Republic of Latvia (1992-1995). Additionally, Ms. Over the course of her career, Professor Ziemele has held numerous positions, including university assistant in the Legal and Political Theory Department and the International Law and Law of the Sea Department; subsequently a lecturer in the International Law and European Law; founder and director of the Human Rights Institute, University of Latvia (1993-1999); Advisor to the Prime Minister of Latvia (1995); Advisor to the Human Rights Directorate General of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France (1999-2001); 'Söderberg' Professor, visiting professor and subsequently International Law and Human Rights Law professor, Riga Graduate School of Law, Latvia (since 2001); visiting professor, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, University of Lund (2001-2005); Judge and President of Chamber at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg (2005-2014); corresponding Member of the Academy of Science of Latvia (since 2017); author of numerous publications in the field of public international and national law; founder and member of the editorial board of the Baltic Yearbook of International Law; Judge at the Constituti onal Court of the Republic of Latvia (2015-2020); President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia (2017-2020); and a Judge at the Court of Justice since October 2020.

is a lawyer specializing in constitutional law and human rights and Dean of the Faculty of Law in Warsaw at SWPS University. He has held the position of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Poland since September 2015. He is also a former Vice-President of the Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights (2010-2015). Throughout his career, he has been working with many NGOs, including Panoptykon Foundation (Chair of the Foundation Council), ClientEarth Poland (member of the Program Council), Professor Zbigniew Hołda Association (co-founder and member of the board). Additionally, he was a member of the Civic Legislation Forum operating at the Batory Foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (2014 - 2015).

Prof. Bodnar is an author and co-author of numerous scientific publications, in particular on the topic of human rights. His doctoral theses A multilayer citizenship in the European constitutional space received a special prize in a competition organized by Przegląd Sejmowy (Sejm Overview), a bi-monthly publication of the Polish Parliament (Sejm). Professor Bodnar obtained his post-doctoral degree (habilitacja) at the University of Warsaw in 2019. His post-doctoral dissertation was published as Wykonywanie orzeczeń Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka w Polsce. Wymiar instytucjonalny (Implementation of Judgements of the European Tribunal for Human Rights in Poland. Institutional Dimension), (Wolters Kluwer).