Professor Barbara Mikołajczyk works at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia in Katowice and specialises in international public law and human rights. She is a member of the European Network on Law and Ageing Group (ELAN), the Odysseus Academic Network for Studies on Immigration Asylum in Europe, and the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights’ Group of Experts on Older Persons. She was appointed the ad hoc judge in the European Court of Human Rights. Her research is mainly dedicated to the human rights of various categories of vulnerable persons, such as migrants, refugees, children, women (gender pay gap issues), ethnic minorities, sexual minorities, and older persons.