Intersect Observatory Team
Team IIR
Dr Federica Cristani
Co-Funder and Co-Director of the Intersect Observatory
Federica is the Head of the Centre for International Law at the Institute of International Relations Prague (CZ). She holds a PhD in international law from the University of Verona, Italy. She specializes in international law, state responsibility, international economic law and international law of cyberspace. She is co-Leader of the Empirical Work Package (WP)7 and also team member of WP6 in HRJust. She has also co-funded and is co-directing the Intersect Observatory. She is actively contributing to the activities and publications of the Intersect Observatory, as well in the events, academic publications and policy outputs of WP7.
Prof. Veronika Bílková
Full Professor
Veronika Bílková is Professor in international law at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague, head of the University Centre for Conflict and Post-Conflict Studies at this faculty and senior researcher at the Centre for International Law at the Institute of International Relations in Prague. She is Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission) of the Council of Europe on behalf of the Czech Republic and member of the Management Board of the EU FRA. In 2022-2024, she was member of four expert missions on Ukraine established under the OSCE Moscow Mechanism. Her research focuses on the use of force, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international human rights, and the rule of law. She is actively contributing to the activities and publications of the Intersect Observatory, as well in the events, academic publications and policy outputs of WP7.
Barbora Lukešová
Research Assistant
Barbora is currently finishing her Master’s degree at the Faculty of Law of Charles University (Prague, CZ) and working as a Research Assistant at the Centre of International Law of the Institute of International Relations Prague. Within the Intersect Observatory (WP7), she provides research and coordination support, including work on the observatory database and Intersect catalogues, research on thematic materials, the co-organization of the Human Rights Justification: Empirical Webinar Series and support to the organization of the Gender Lecture Series 2025.
Magdalena Florová
Research Assistant
Magdalena is a law student at Charles University in Prague. She became a research assistant at the Institute of International Relations in March 2025, where she contributes to the development of the climate litigation database. Her work includes collecting data for the database and assisting with the climate tool, as well as conducting research on civil society engagement and participating in the implementation of the activities of the Intersect Observatory.
Selin Guliyeva
Research Assistant
Selin Guliyeva is a Social Sciences student at Charles University in Prague, with a focus on public policy, governance, and social research and collaborates as a Research Assistant at the Centre for International Law of the Institute of International Relations Prague. She is actively involved in youth-led initiatives across Europe, where she contributes to discussions on international affairs and civic engagement. Within WP7, she is involved as external expert in the gender section of the Intersect Observatory.
Vlastimil Lisák
Research Assistant
Vlastimil is an informatics student at CULS Prague. He works as the webmaster and content manager of the HR Just Observatory website at the Institute of International Relations (IIR) in Prague. Within the Intersect project, he implements design improvements to enhance user experience and functionality and codes custom website features. As site administrator, he manages user access and resolves technical issues related to plugins and the CMS.