Stefano Ruggeri is Full Professor of Criminal Procedure Law, and European and Transnational Criminal Justice at Messina University. Experienced Researcher of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, he is member of the scientific or editorial board of several Italian and foreign criminal law journals. Founder and coordinator of the Springer Book Series in "Legal Studies in International, European and Comparative Criminal Law". Moreover he is editor of other Springer volumes, and is author of several scientific works in the fields of Italian, European and transnational criminal justice, comparative criminal justice, and general theory of procedural law. He is currently the Principal Investigator of a research project with national relevance (PRIN) on new forms of legal protection of third parties in criminal justice in the light of the developments of digital transition, and responsabile for the research unity at Messina University on a research project with national relevance (PRIN) on new frontiers for a participatory criminal justice towards the thresholds of metaverse (P.I. Prof. Benedetta Galgani from Pisa University).Antonella Falcone is Doctor Iuris in Legal Studies at Messina University. Author of various scientific contributions on the independence of the judiciary, equality of arms, video-hearings, and other topics in the field of transnational criminal justice. Visiting researcher at University of Tübingen and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, she is currently research fellow of criminal procedure law, and holds lecture courses on European and Transnational Criminal Justice in the Campus of Priolo at the Messina University, on European Criminal Law and on Evidence Law in Criminal Matters at the Messina University. She has taken part as a lecturer in several national and international scientific conferences in the field of criminal justice, and is currently member of the research project with national relevance (PRIN) on new forms of legal protection of third parties in criminal justice in the light of the developments of digital transition (P.I. Prof. Stefano Ruggeri from Messina University). Viviana Di Nuzzo is PhD candidate in Legal Studies at Messina University. Author of some scientific contributions about the protection of victims, invasive pretrial measures, ne bis in idem and third parties in criminal proceedings. Visiting researcher at Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidade de Lisboa. She is currently teaching fellow for the chair of criminal procedure law at Messina University. She has taken part as a lecturer in several national and international scientific conferences in the field of criminal justice and protection of human rights, and is currently member of the research project with national relevance (PRIN) on new forms of legal protection of third parties in criminal justice in the light of the developments of digital transition (P.I. Prof. Stefano Ruggeri from Messina University).
