Director of the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ).
In 2016, he was appointed member of the Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the OSCE/ODIHR, whose role is to support OSCE participating States in implementing their commitments on the right to freedom of religion and conscience.
Since 2000, he regularly serves as an expert representing the Holy See in committees of the Council of Europe, currently in the Committee of experts on the System of the European Convention on Human Rights (DH-SYSC), under the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH).
Between 2003 and 2012, Grégor Puppinck has given lectures on human rights as well as international and constitutional law at the Law Schools of the University of Mulhouse and University of Strasbourg.
He is the author of several books and numerous legal articles published in several languages.

Delegated to the Research and Analysis Department of the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution and the Appellate Court in Warsaw, author of over 90 scientific publications in the field  criminal law, including monographs. Editor and co-author of Komentarz do Kodeksu postępowania karnego (C.H. Beck, seria Duże Komentarze, 2020, t. I – ss. 1953, t. II – ss. 1136) [Commentary to the Code of Criminal Procedure (C.H. Beck, Big Commentary series, 2020, vol. I – pp. 1953, vol. II – pp. 1136)];

Ph.D. in Law, university lecturer, author of scientific publications, editor-in-chief of a scientific journal Kultura Prawna [Legal Culture], director of the publishing department at the Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture, expert and analyst at the Confederation of Non-Governmental Initiatives of the Republic of Poland and at the Hipolit Cegielski Center for Legal, Economic and Social Analyses. His scientific and professional interests mainly concern history of political and legal thought, theory of political systems, civil society, constitutional law, agricultural law, philosophy,v and logic. In his doctoral dissertation he dealt with the influence of natural sciences, especially evolutionary biology, on contemporary political philosophy and philosophy of law. In his research work he also dealt with the principle of separation of powers, the issue of sovereignty of the people, the ideological foundations of European integration, the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Hans Kelsen and Antoni Peretiatkowicz.

Associate Professor at the University of Łódź; author of numerous publications in the field of civil procedure, in particular devoted to jurisprudence, enforcement proceedings, and international civil proceedings.

Lawyer, holder of a postdoctoral degree in criminal law and head of the Criminal Law Department at the Catholic University of Lublin. His main research interests are the legal life protection, counter-terrorism, crimes against the Republic of Poland. He is a judge of the Supreme Court, a member of scientific and expert institutions including the Pontifical Academy for Life in Rome, the Legislative Council and a member of editorial boards of national and international scientific journals, including “The Prison Systems Review”, Przeglądu Legislacyjnego [Legislative Review], Kultury Prawnej [Legal Culture], “Issues of Combating Crimes”. Author of more than 100 scientific publications, including Ochrona dziecka poczętego w polskim prawie karnym [The protection of the unborn child in Polish criminal law] (2001), Prawokarne środki przeciwdziałania terroryzmowi [Criminal Law Measures to Counteract Terrorism] (2009), “Terrorism and Criminal Law” (2012), Kodeks karny. Komentarz [The Criminal Code. Commentary] (7 editions, last: 2021, co-editor).

Dean of the Faculty of Law, professor, Doctor of Laws. Graduated from the Law Faculty of Lviv University in 1998. He completed his postgraduate studies from 1998 to 2001 and became Candidate of Law in 2002 through his publication, “Peculiarities of juvenile criminal responsibility in Ukraine” (2002). From 2001 – Assistant Professor, and since 2005 – Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. In 2011 received his J.D. degree. Since 2014 – Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Ph.D. in Law, attorney-at-law, entered in the list of attorneys kept by the Distrit Council of Attorneys in Warsaw. She prepared her doctoral dissertation on labor law under the supervision of Prof. Dr hab. Jerzy Wratny. She completed her postgraduate studies in labor law and social insurance at the Łazarski School of Commerce and Law in Warsaw.

She specializes in labor law, social insurance, personal data protection and company law. She has also conducted numerous trainings on labor law and personal data protection issues, taking into account the EU GDPR Regulation. She has several years of experience as a lecturer in individual and collective labor law and social insurance for students of law, administration and economy. She cooperates with law firms and runs her own law practice.

Graduate of the Poznań University of Economics (doctoral studies – economics, master’s studies – international relations) and Poznań University of Technology (engineering studies – automation and management). His scientific interests include international finance and international economics. He is the author of a doctoral thesis on socially responsible investing, which was awarded by the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Ph.D. in Law, Director of the Constitutional and Administrative Law Department at the Government Legislation Center. His academic interests include religious law, constitutional law, and bioethics. Author of several dozen scientific publications, including several monographs, articles in high-scoring scientific journals and a co-author of a commentary to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, published by C.H. Beck Publisher.

She received a Ph.D. in Law with specialization in copyright law. Since 2015, expert/lecturer at the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution, where she conducts trainings for judges from the V4 group in English. Since 2018 an expert of the Council of Europe in the HELP Programme. Her academic publications take into account changes in EU legislation and ECHR and CJEU jurisprudence. Her book publications cover press and public information law, copyright law and personal data protection.

National Expert within the Project “Support to the Implementation of the Judicial Reform in Ukraine” (Council of Europe). Vice-Dean on Scholar Activity, Faculty of Law, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Managing Editor of the Scholar Journal “Visnyk of Lviv University. Series Law” (Issues 67/2018, 68/2019, 69/2019). Associate Professor at the Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law, Faculty of Law, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Laureate of the Lviv Regional State Administration and Lviv Regional Council Reward for Young Scientists and Researchers in 2018.

Lopez holds a PhD from New York State University, Buffalo. He joined the faculty at California State University, Northridge in 2008. He became a tenured Associate Professor of English and Classics in 2013.

Lopez has served as the President of the International Children’s Rights Institute since 2014. He testified against legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota. He wrote an amicus curiae brief for the Supreme Court in the Obergefell vs. Hodges case about same-sex marriage.

In 2016, Lopez resigned from his position at CSUN and later became Professor of Humanities at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Doctor in Sociology, specializing in the sociology of culture. His interests revolve around the transformations of the hospice movement and palliative care institutions in Poland and the problems of euthanasia. He conducted long-term research among exiles in Kazakhstan. He is a member of the Repatriation Council and a researcher of the indigenous groups in Siberia. He graduated from the Institute of Sociology at the University of Warsaw, where he also defended his doctoral dissertation.

Member of the Croatian Parliament. He is an associate professor of political philosophy at the Catholic University of Croatia in Zagreb. His scholarly interests include the relationship between religion and politics, ideologies and constitutional theory. He has served in positions at the highest level of government, most recently as senior foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković in 2016. He is the founder and president of the Center for Renewal of Culture, a Croatian NGO designed to educate young professionals in virtue ethics and leadership. This NGO was part of a coalition which successfully organized a national referendum on marriage in Croatia in 2013. Prof. Bartulica is a native of St. Joseph, Missouri.

Undergraduate, Master and Ph.D. studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade University. Ph.D. thesis: Liberalism and the State – Political Philosophy of John Stuart Mill. Research interests: political theory, ideology, bioethics, family legislation. Published or edited more than 20 books and collections of papers, served as an adviser to the Prime minister of Serbia, columnist in leading Serbian daily “Politika” for 20 years. Director of Institute of European Studies (Belgrade, Serbia).

Attorney-at-law, Ph.D. in Law, graduate of Łazarski School of Commerce and Law in Warsaw and many postgraduate studies at various universities. Scientifically engaged in the issue of civil liability for personal injury, especially in sports and recreation, including in particular the issue of the function of such liability, but would preferably write his habilitation thesis on the dysfunctionality of legal norms and the legal system. He has been a diving instructor for many years and has published papers on teaching methodology, as well as safety and liability of participants and organizers of sports and recreational activities.

Missionary and a lawyer. He is involved in public and theological debate on issues of freedom of conscience and church and state. Dr Kostov teaches Missiology and Introduction to Law at the faculty of one of the schools within the Bulgarian Evangelical Theological Institute. Editor and publisher of the almanacs Church-State Relations after the Fall of Communism (2013), Christianity and Politics: Cooperation or Conflict? (2015), and Christianity and National Security: Biblical, Historical, and Contextual View (2017). Founding editor of the website and online magazine SvobodaZaVseki.com, (Freedom for All) which addresses questions of church and state, faith and politics, freedom of religion, conscience and speech, and defending traditional family values since 2004. Dr Kostov has published articles in “Christianity Today”, “Christian Century”, “The Christian Post”, “Religion and Christianity”, and “Baptistic Theologies” in English, and also in Bulgarian academic and periodical media. Dr Kostov litigates for freedom of speech and religion in Bulgarian courts and before the European Court of Human Rights. He also helps lead a small church in Northwestern Bulgaria. He is married with three children, two of them adults.

Doctor of jurisprudence in the field of canon law. Research interests: family and guardianship law, religious law, theory, human rights. Author of publications on the cooperation between the state and the Church in the field of family law, in which he conducts comparative analysis of key legal issues, such as marriage and its durability, child welfare, and protection of family rights.

President of the Board and co-founder of the Ordo Iuris Institute, Chairman of the Foundation Council. Attorney at law and managing partner of Parchimowicz & Kwaśniewski law firm (founded in 2008). Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, scholarship holder at the University of Copenhagen, completed courses organized by the Ethics and Culture Center of the University of Notre Dame and Catholic University of Leuven. He has many years of experience in civil and criminal proceedings in the field of protection of civil rights and freedoms, family rights, and children’s rights. In his legal practice he advises national and international associations, foundations, ventures, and membership organizations. Until 2017, he was the president of the Polish Wine Council. He represents citizens and civil society organizations in many precedent-setting cases before national and international courts and tribunals. He regularly participates in consultations organized by various international bodies such as the Venice Commission and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. He was appointed to advisory boards of four ministers of justice. Member and Secretary of the Governmental Monitoring Team Against Family Violence of the 3rd and 4th term since 2017. In March 2019, he was appointed by the Polish Bishops’ Conference to the Council of the Bona Fama Foundation. Member of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (since 2017), the International Bar Association (including the Litigation Committee, the Arbitration Committee, the War Crimes Commission) and the IBA Human Rights Institute. Regularly cited as one of the most influential Polish lawyers. Ranked by “Politico” as one of the “28 most powerful people in Europe in 2021”.

Professor – Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Bioethics, Catholic University of America. He is Chair of the Religious Liberties Practice Group of the Federalist Society.  He also holds the title of Professor and Director of the Program in Human Rights in the School of Arts & Sciences and is a Co-director of the Center for Religious Liberty at the Columbus School of Law. Before joining the Catholic University of America, Mr. Saunders served as Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel with Americans United for Life for ten years.  From 1999 to 2009, he was Senior Fellow in Bioethics and Human Rights Counsel at the Family Research Council.

Mr. Saunders attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a Morehead scholarship. He obtained his degree in law from the Harvard Law School.

Mr. Saunders was featured in Harvard’s first Guide to Conservative Public Interest Law in 2003 and again in the 2008 edition. He served on Harvard’s Advisory Committee for its 2008 celebration of public interest law. A member of the Supreme Court bar, he has authored numerous legal briefs in state, federal, foreign, and international courts.

Prof. Kinneging was educated at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (MA in political philosophy), and at the University of Leiden, where he received his doctorate in law. His academic interests lie in the fields of political, legal and moral philosophy, metaphysics and theology. He specializes in modern, medieval, and ancient philosophy.

Graduate of Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu-National Louis University, Master of Business Administration Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for the Clean Air Programme. Journalist and publicist.

Lawyer, PhD student at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Łódź in the Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law. Speaker at international and national scientific conferences. Author of several scientific publications including the monograph Finansowanie związków wyznaniowych ze środków publicznych w Polsce. Fundusz Kościelny [Financing religious associations from public funds in Poland. The Church Fund]. Graduate of the Leaders of Law Program and the Academy of Leaders of the Republic of Poland. Three-time holder of the scholarship granted by the Rector of University of Łódź.

Appointed as Undersecretary of State and Chief Public Financial Discipline Ombudsman on April 16^th, 2020. He graduated in law from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. Founder of the Lublin branch of the Students for the Republic of Poland Association, member of its Main Board and the Audit Committee. In 2016, he became an honorary member of this organization.

Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Polish Economic Institute. He was a member of the Political Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development and Finance. Subsequently, he became an advisor to the current Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki. In 2016, he worked in the Legal Office of the Ministry of Energy. From 2018 to 2020, he was Director of the Regulatory Impact Assessment Department at the Office of the Prime Minister. In January 2020, he was appointed the government’s Regulatory Impact Assessment Coordinator. Piotr Patkowski is also a participant of the Government Work Programming Team.

Education

LL.M., 2004, Harvard Law School
LL.M. in International Law and the Law of International Organizations, 2001, University of Groningen
Lic. en C. J. y Soc., 1999, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
Areas of Expertise

Bioethics, International Law, International Human Rights Law
Professional Experience

Ligia De Jesús Castaldi is Professor of Law at Ave Maria School of Law. Her scholarship focuses on prenatal rights in international human rights law, particularly, in Latin America and the Caribbean. Courses taught by her include International Law, Family Law and Protection of Human Life in Law and Public Policy.

Before joining Ave Maria School of Law faculty, Professor Castaldi worked for several international and governmental human rights agencies, including UNICEF’s regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. She was also a legal advisor to the National Congress of Honduras on human life and family issues.

Professor Castaldi is a board member of the International Solidarity and Human Rights Institute (ISHRI). She received LL.M. degrees from the University of Groningen and Harvard Law School.

Key Works: works.bepress.com/ligia_dejesus/

President of the Board of the European Centre for Forensic Science Initiatives Foundation , former director of the Central Forensic Laboratory of the Polish Police Headquarters, leading expert on forensic science during the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, lecturer;

He completed his theological studies at the University of Opole, studies in Canon Law at the Gregorian University in Rome with a PhD in Church Public Law, studies in Moral Theology at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas and at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome with a PhD, studies in Secular Law at the European School of Law and Administration in Warsaw.

Graduated in international relations at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun and political science at University of Strasbourg, where he defended his doctoral thesis on Polish view of the birth of European Union diplomacy. He has held professional internships in European institutions (European Parliament, Council of Europe) and Polish diplomatic missions in Strasbourg and Brussels. His academic interests include modern history, legal and institutional aspects of European integration, and human rights in the perspective of Christian social ethics.

Local government official (Warsaw councilor in the years 2010-2020), member of the State Electoral Commission. Member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisors in Warsaw, where he completed his practical training. In 2015 he took part (as one of 20 persons) in the competition “Lawyer Pro Bono” organized by the University [of Warsaw (?)] Legal Advice Clinics Foundation and the daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita, promoting lawyers providing free legal assistance to people in need.

Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw and the British Centre for the Study of English and European Law (University of Cambridge). During his legal studies he attended a law clinic where he worked with the Warsaw office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Recipient of foreign research fellowships: Institute of International Public Law and International Relations (Thessaloniki, Greece), International School of Nuclear Law (Montpellier, France), Institute for Studies on Economics and Employment (Iseo, Italy), Duke Law School – Duke Geneva Institute in Transnational Law (Geneva, Switzerland). Recipient of a scholarship for the conference at The Acton Institute (Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) and Salzburg Global Seminar (Bank of Austria scholarship). Student of the prestigious Hague Academy of International Law (The Hague, Netherlands).

Graduate of the School for Civil Society Leaders (2013). Participant of the first edition of the Leadership Academy for Poland organized by the Center for Leadership (2016).

Recipient of the Marshall Memorial Fellowship from the German Marshall Fund in the United States (2016-2017). He has completed a management course at the ICAN Institute as well as the EY Academy of Business and management training at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.