Serena Forlati, LL.M. (Bruges), Ph.D. (Roma-La Sapienza), is Professor of International Law at the University of Ferrara. Her research interests focus on international courts and tribunals, international human rights law and its relationship with the fight against crime.

Pietro Franzina, Ph.D. (Padova), is Professor of International Law at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. His main research interests are in the field of private international law and international human rights law.