Stephen Allen is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, University of London, and a practising barrister. He has published several research monographs and co-edited several books, most recently Allen and Trinidad, The Western Sahara Question and International Law: Recognition Doctrine and Self-determination (Routledge, 2024) and The Oxford Handbook of Jurisdiction in International Law (OUP, 2019).

João Francisco Diogo is an assistant Lecturer and PhD candidate at NOVA School of Law. He holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science and International Relations by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University of Lisbon and a Bachelor’s Degree by NOVA School of Law. He is a member of CEDIS Research Center at NOVA School of Law.

Andrea Mensi is adjunct Professor at Catholic University of Milan and a practicing attorney. He has a strong experience in advising States and international organizations on various areas of public international law. He took part in proceedings before the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and is a counsel admitted before the African Court of Human and People's Rights. He is the author of Indigenous Peoples, Natural Resources and Permanent Sovereignty (Brill, 2021).

Francisco Pereira Coutinho is an Associate Professor at NOVA School of Law in Lisbon, where he directs the Observatories of Portuguese Legislation and Data Protection Law, as well as the Moot Court Program. His most recent books dives into the topics of secession and self-determination in Europe (Almedina, 2021) and European constitutional law (Petrony, 2023).