Migrants and Refugees in Europe Commentary on the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque is a full Professor (Catedrático) at the Catholic university Lisbon, a Doctor honoris causa by Edge Hill University (United Kingdom) and Kharkiv Jaroslav Mudryi University (Ukraine), and a recipient of the Medal of Honor of the Portuguese Bar. He is a Former Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (2011-2020). He was Visiting Professor at several American, European and Asian universities. He has researched and published works in the fields of criminal law, criminal procedure law and regulatory offences law, in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, and Ukrainian.

Sadhia Rafi holds a diploma in law from the University of Amsterdam. She built and continues to lead the Strategic Litigation Team of the Dutch Council for Refugees, which has been initiating and supporting proceedings before Dutch courts, the EU Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights since 2013. Until 2015, she additionally held the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Dutch journal Asiel- & Migrantenrecht . Since 2015, she is a member of the Editorial Board of Jurisprudentie Vreemdelingenrecht (JV) and since 2019 of the Meijers Committee, which provides renowned analysis of Dutch law in light of EU and international law. She is currently the chair of board of the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE).

Jan-Hendrik Seelow has a background in political science and holds an LL.M. in European and international law and in international refugee and migration law from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. As a legal advisor in the Strategic Litigation Team at the Dutch Council for Refugees, he provides legal support to lawyers and NGOs across Europe on issues including access to asylum procedures, return, detention and other human rights concerns. He has been involved in more than 20 cases before the European Court of Human Rights, the EU Court of Justice and UN bodies. He has previously published in German and English on topics related to human rights litigation.