Helena Afonso was born in Mozambique in 1967. She holds a degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (1985/1990) and a post-graduate degree in European Studies from the European Institute of the same Faculty. She has first practiced as a lawyer, and then has held technical, intermediate and senior management positions in the Public…

Ricardo Carvalho was born in Lisbon on 10 August 1975. He has a law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. Jurist and lawyer, he was a member of the CID Coordination Group – Social Audit Plan, in the area of prevention of ill-treatment of children and young people, the elderly and people with disabilities housed…

Ravi Afonso Pereira was born in Lisbon in 1981. He graduated in Law from the Law Faculty of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2004), where he is currently completing his doctoral dissertation. He is a researcher in the areas of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and European Constitutional Law, and author of scientific articles published in Portugal and abroad. He was…

Estrela Chaby is an appeal court judge, having joined the Centro de Estudos Judiciários in 1997. In jurisdiction, she exercised functions in the general jurisdiction, in the civil area and in the family and children’s area. She graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (1994), post-graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University…