FRANCISCO JAVIER
JIMENEZ FORTEA

Javier Jiménez is Professor of Procedural Law at the University of Valencia (Spain). He is a graduate of this university and, subsequently, in the year 1998, he obtained his doctorate in the same and won the Special Award in 2000. Also has enjoyed several scholarships, including the Austrian Ministry of Education to study at the University of Vienna and other for research stays at the Universities of Milan (Italy) and Mainz (Germany). He is the author of the book El recurso de casación para la unificación de doctrina en el proceso laboral (1999) [The cassation for the unification of doctrine in the labor process (1999)] and has participated in fifteen other, among which are: Hacia una justicia internacional (2000) [Toward an International Justice (2000)]; Tutela de los consumidores y usuarios en la Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil (eds. 2002 y 2003) [Protection of consumers and users in the Law of Civil Procedure (published in 2002 and 2003)]; Diversidad Cultural: Conflicto y Derecho (2006) [Cultural Diversity: Conflict and Law (2006)]; Secuestro de menores en el ámbito familiar (2008) [The abduction of minors in the family (2008)]; El espacio europeo de libertad, seguridad y justicia (2009) [The European area of freedom, security and justice (2009)]; Estado de Derecho y derechos fundamentales en la lucha contra el terrorismo (2011) [Rule of law and fundamental rights in the fight against terrorism (2011)]; El sistema jurisdiccional de la Unión Europea (2013) [The judicial system of the European Union (2013)]; Competencia, reconocimiento y ejecución de resoluciones extranjeras en la Unión Europea (2016) [Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in the European Union (2016)]; La mediación en el sistema jurídico español. Análisis y nuevas propuestas (2018) [Mediation in the Spanish legal system. Analysis and new proposals (2018)]; La cooperación jurídica internacional civil y mercantil española más allá de la UE (coord. Jiménez Fortea, F.J.) (2019) [Spanish international civil and commercial legal cooperation beyond the EU (coord. Jiménez Fortea, F.J.) (2019)]; La mediación en los casos de sustracción internacional de menores por sus propios padres (2022) [Mediation in cases of international child abduction by their own parents (2022)]. )]. In addition, he has published twenty articles in Spanish and foreign legal journals on topics related to the work process, civil and criminal law. Currently, he is director of the research group at the University of Valencia "Process and effective protection" (PROYTEF). It has also given multiple conferences and participated in panel discussions on the International Criminal Court, the protection of consumers, the international judicial protection of human rights or the juvenile criminal process and has participated in ten research projects financed by the Ministry of Education and Science, the Department of Culture, Education and Science of the Generalitat Valenciana or the European Union, in which have been addressed in an interdisciplinary subjects, as diverse as the protection of the industrial design, the ADRs (Alternative Dispute Resolutions), and, more recently, judicial cooperation and the recognition of judgments in the framework of the European Union. In addition, he has directed several research papers, work order of master and doctoral theses, and formed part of courts of oppositions to the Administration of Justice. In his teaching activity, apart from giving the subjects of their discipline, before in the bachelor's degree and now in the Grade, has taught in the masters of "Law, Justice and Company", "International Studies and of the EU", "Right and gender-based violence" and in the case of the "Advocacy". From 2012 is developing an educational innovation with the collaboration of the ICAV and various judges, consisting o