Dr. Teresa Freixes Sanjuán

ACADEMIC CURRICULUM

Bachelor’s Degree in Law (1973) and Ph.D. in Law (1983), both from the University of Barcelona.
Professor of Constitutional Law and Jean Monnet ad personam Chair. She is a full member and vice president of the Royal European Academy of Doctors.

PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

Six research sexenni (maximum possible) recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education. Director of numerous research projects.
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Expert in the Legal Assistance Program for Eastern European Countries of the Council of Europe, in coordination with the Ministries of Justice of Romania, Moldova, the Judicial Studies Centre of the Ministry of Justice of Slovakia, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.
Expert for the European Commission, having participated in the drafting of the Amsterdam Treaty, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Constitution, and the Lisbon Treaty.
Former Director of the National Focal Point of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Institute for Gender Equality.
Narcís Monturiol Medal 2009 for her contribution to scientific progress in Catalonia.
European Woman 2004 in Spain for her contribution to European legal construction.
First National Muñoz Torrero Award for Democratic and Constitutional Values (2021).
Member of the Jury for the Princess of Asturias Award in Social Sciences and the European Carlos V Award.
Participant in the Expert Panels of the Conference on the Future of Europe (2021).
Otto of Augsburg Award granted by Paneuropa for European values (2021).
Award from the Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities of Castilla-La Mancha (Jurisprudence Section) (2024).
Freedom 1812 Award (2024).

MEMBER OF ADVISORY BOARDS

Member of the Group of Academic Contact of the Convention for the Future of Europe, representing academic networks on the future of Europe (2004). Chair of the Giuliano Amato Group.
Member of the High-Level Jean Monnet Group (as a legal expert) for the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty.
Member of the editorial board of: Spanish Journal of Constitutional Law, La Ley, Rivista di Studi Politici Internazionali, European Journal of Fundamental Rights, Journal of Political Studies, Journal of Political Law, European Constitutional Law Review, Journal of Autonomic Studies, Araucaria, Official State Bulletin (Public Law Collection), Comparative Public Law Review, European University Review, Catalan Public Law Journal, Public Law Collection of BOE, Editorial Board of the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies.
Member of the Doctoral Council (JUSGOV) at the University of Minho.

VISITING PROFESSOR AND LECTURER

Visiting professor at the universities of Montpellier I (France), Milan (Italy), Szczecin (Poland), Dzemal Bijedic de Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina), and César Vallejo University in Trujillo and San Pedro de Huaraz (both in Peru).
Collaboration with the University of Minho (Portugal), Roma Tre University (Italy), and the University of Sfax (Tunisia).
Lectures at universities in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. At the European Parliament, the European Commission, the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, parliaments in Finland, China, Belgium, Mexico, Scotland, Peru, and at judicial and constitutional court training centers in various European and American countries.

SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL THESES AND POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH

14 doctoral theses supervised in various European universities. More than 30 doctoral and master’s theses supervised in various European universities. Member of over 100 doctoral thesis juries in various European universities.

PATRONAGES AND ACTIVITIES IN ASSOCIATIONS

President of the Board of Trustees of the Fundación Cultura Libre (Free Culture and Arts Centre).
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Instituto Hermes (digital citizenship rights).
President of Citizens pro Europe (AISBL promoting European values against populism and nationalism).
Member of the Honorary Board of Gender 5+.

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Among her more than 100 publications, we highlight the following in recent years:

In defense of the Transition. Almuzara, 2024.
“Is the rule of law in Spain in crisis?”. Amnesty in Spain. Constitution and Rule of Law. Colex, 2024.
“Commentary to the Preamble to the Charter of Fundamental Rights”. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: A Commentary. JusGov/UMinho Law School | Escola de Direito da Universidade do Minho, 2024.
Study on the impact of the European Commission’s proposed directive on violence against women. Ministry of Equality and Spanish Coordinator for the European Women’s Lobby, 2023.
“Freedom in times of war. Rights and restrictions in times of conflict”. Vital challenges for a new era. Technological humanism and resilience. RAED-McGrawHill, 2023.
“Europe and regional and minority languages. Europe and linguistic diversity.” PPE. European Parliament, 2023.
Advancing towards a European citizenship statute. Renew-Europa. European Parliament, 2023.
“A new concept of privacy: from data to genetic code”. In Constitutional Law of the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities. Manuel Giménez Abad Foundation, 2023.
“The judicial independence of external and internal order in the European Union”. In The protection of judicial independence in the European Union. PPE Group. European Parliament, 2023.
“Assault on the University”. In The Black Book of Catalan Nationalism. Planeta-Deusto, 2021.
155. The days that shook Catalonia. Ed. Doña Tecla, 2018.
“Constitutional reforms in Spain and Europe”. In the monograph of the same title directed by M. Martínez Cuadrado. Marcial Pons, 2019.
Ending violence against women: The Istanbul Convention and beyond. European Parliament. Gender5+. Brussels, 2017.
Rethinking the Constitution (Vol. I and II). Co-director and author with José Carlos Gavara. BOE and CEPC, 2016.
The impact of the crisis on fundamental rights across Member States of the EU. Report on Spain. With Julia Lladós. European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies. Brussels, 2015.
“Multilevel governance and budgetary stability”. In: Europe. Political Governance, Economic Governance. Coords: T. Freixes, D. Marrani, J.C. Remotti, L. Vanin. EME Ed. Brussels, 2015.
The European protection order. Its application to the victims of gender violence. Co-director with Laura Román and co-author. Tecnos, Madrid, 2015.
“Secession of States and integration into the European Union. Regarding the debate on the membership of Scotland and Catalonia as states that secede from the United Kingdom and Spain.” Catalonia’s Legal Journal, Vol. 113, No. 2, 2014.
Protection of gender-based violence victims in the European Union. Editor with Laura Román and co-author. Rovira i Virgili University – Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2014.
“Preamble”. In: A. Silveira, M. Canotilho (Coord.). Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: A Commentary. Ed. Almedina, Coimbra, 2013.
Freixes, T.; Policastro, P. “The Order of European Integration, the Coexistence and the Interaction of Constitutional Orders in a Multilevel Framework: Teaching the Passion for Legal Protection in a Complex World”. Policastro, P. (coord.). Towards Innovation in Legal Education. Eleven, The Hague, 2013.
Freixes, T.; Gómez, Y.; Rovira, A. (coord.). Author of the Preliminary Study and several chapters. Multilevel Constitutionalism and Relations Between Parliaments. Center for Political and Constitutional Studies, Madrid, 2013. “Special Mention for Quality” Award from the European Commission.
“The evolution of the Spanish Constitution from the Welfare State to the economic crisis”. In The Spanish Constitution on its 35th Anniversary. Institute of Constitutional Law and Political Science, Madrid, 2013.

She maintains wide participation on social media and collaborates with various media outlets, having published hundreds of articles on current affairs.

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