Ivana Hrdlickova is a judge with extensive experience, a Legal Expert of Council of Europe and researcher in Islamic Sharia. She is also a member of CEELI Institute’s Board of Directors. Formerly, she served as the president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Judge Hrdličková holds a PhD from the law faculty of Charles University in Prague and specializes in Islamic Shari’a, with a focus on human rights and Islamic finance in international and Islamic law.