Ph.D. legal sciences, professor at SWPS University. Senator of the RP of the 11th term and Minister of Justice of the RP. In 2021-2023, Dean of the Faculty of Law at SWPS University, visiting professor at the University of Cologne, senior fellow at the Democracy Institute of the Central European University in Budapest. Ombudsman of the 7th term. Member of the advisory boards of: World Organization Against Torture, International IDEA, World Justice Project, Liberties and the Foundation for Civic Democratic Movements. A publicist in Gazeta Wyborcza and the weekly Polityka. Winner of awards for services to the protection of the rule of law and human rights.