Born on 22 July 1963 in Lisbon, Portugal

• Law degree, 1986
• Extensive studies in European community law, 1987
• University assistant, Law Faculty, Lisbon University, 1989-2000
• Master in community law, 1993
• Guest researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law of Heidelberg, Germany, 1997-1999
• Professor of international human rights law, 1999-2020
• Doctorate (PhD) in public law, 2000
• Junior lecturer, Law Faculty, Lisbon University, 2000-2006
• Jurisconsult in the field of public law, 2000-2007 and 2016-2020
• Guest Professor, Law Faculty Jean Monnet, Paris XI University, 2004
• Guest professor at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique, 2004-2005
• Inspector General of Judicial Services, 2006-2007
• Senior lecturer, Law Faculty, Lisbon University, 2006-2011
• Judge, Constitutional Court of Portugal, 2007-2016
• Associate Professor with accreditation to direct research, Law Faculty, Lisbon University, 2011-2020
• Member of the European Commission's European Network of Legal Experts in Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination, 2016-2020
• Guest professor at the IREDIES (Sorbonne Institute of research in international and European law), Law College of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, 2019
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 1 April 2020.