Letizia Mancini is an Associated Professor at the Università Statale di Milano. Since 2002, she has been teaching the courses of Juridical Anthropology and Sociology of Law at the Faculty of Jurisprudence. She is a member of the Academic Board of the Università degli Studi di Milano, and a member of the Editorial board of the journal Sociologia del diritto, among others. Recent publications include “Prevenire, contrastare e punire le pratiche di mutilazione genitale femminile.

Stephan Parmentier studied law, political science and sociology at the universities of Ghent and Leuven (Belgium) and sociology and conflict resolution at the Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (U.S.A.). He currently teaches sociology of crime, law, and human rights at the Faculty of Law of the University of Leuven, and since September 2017 serves as the Chairperson of the Interfaculty Council of Development Cooperation at the same university.