Meet our team
We are a team of lawyers and researchers specialized in the disciplines of public international law and international relations (including European law and international human rights law), private international law and constitutional law.
This Website is one of the results of transfer to society for the project ‘Secesión, democracia y derechos humanos: la función del Derecho internacional y europeo ante el proceso catalán – SEDEDH’ (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation; reference: PID2019-106956RB-I00, 2019–2024; PI: Helena Torroja Mateu). The SEDEDH project falls within the ‘Research Challenges’ category. It thus aims to create scientific and technical knowledge oriented towards ‘solving social problems arising from social changes’, such as the Catalan secession process (2012–2017) and their current consequences remain.
The following members of the SEDEDH Project have collaborated on the Web:
Editor and coordinator of the WEB:
Dra. Helena Torroja Mateu
Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Barcelona (UB). Doctor of Law from the UB and Extraordinary Doctorate Award (2001). Consultant to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Legal Assistant to the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council. Former Academic Director of the Center for International Studies (www.ceibcn.com). Orcid page https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-3407.Collaborators members of the research team:
Dra. Araceli Mangas Martín
Professor of Public International Law at the University of Salamanca (1986-2011) and at the Complutense University of Madrid (2011-2023). Member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. Pelayo Prize for Jurists of Recognized Prestige (2021) and Julián Marías Prize for scientific career (2022). Doctor Honoris Causa by the following universities: National University of Córdoba (Rep. Argentina, 2004), Nebrija University of Madrid (2023) and Salamanca University (2024). Website: https://aracelimangasmartin.es.Dr. Rafael Arenas García
Professor of Private International Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Orcid page: https://orcid.org/0000-0001- 8596-6645. Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafaelarenasgarcia/. Academia page: https://uab.academia.edu/RafaelArenasDr. Juan Maria Bilbao Ubillos
Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valladolid (UVa) since 2008. Extraordinary Doctorate Award (1994) from the UVa Faculty of Law and Nicolás Pérez Serrano Award from the Center for Constitutional Studies. Author of more than 100 publications, including 4 monographs. He has been Chief of Staff of the President of the Council of State (2004-2008); Dean of the Faculty of Law of Valladolid (2016-2020); and member of the Electoral Board of Castilla and León (2010-2023).
Collaborators members of the work team:
Dr. Antonio Remiro Brotóns
Doctor of Law from the University of Bologna, Italy Emeritus Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Member of the Institute of International Law. Member of the Spanish Group of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Honorary Doctorate from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. Counselor and lawyer in various litigations before the International Court of Justice and in international arbitrations.
Dra. Jessica Alqmvist
Professor of Public International Law and Human Rights at Lund University, Sweden. PhD in Law from the European University Institute in Florence (2002). She has been a researcher at the Center for International Cooperation at New York University, a García Pelayo researcher at the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies, and a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Sra. Patricia Arias
Graduate in Criminology from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) and Master’s degree from the same University; law studies from the University of Chile. Researcher expert in security, crime and violence issues. She has been a member of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries and the Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture of the Human Rights Council – UN.
