Herwig C. H. Hofmann is Professor of European and Transnational Public Law at the University of Luxembourg. He has held visiting positions at various universities around the world, is the author of numerous books in the fields of EU and comparative public law and advises governments and EU institutions. Professor Hofmann has also gained a reputation as litigator before the CJEU in high-profile cases (including the Schrems cases in 2015, 2018 and 2020), developing European and international standards of fundamental rights protection as well as defining the conditions of the right to an effective judicial remedy. Hofmann is also the author of commentaries on Article 47 of the Charter of the European Union as well as a study on ‘"Accountability in the EU – The Role of the European Ombudsman”.