Cristina Fernández-Pacheco is an Associate Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Alicante, where she also earned her PhD in Law (Extraordinary Doctoral Award, 2009). She holds degrees in Law, Criminology, and Political Science. A Fulbright Scholar at Columbia Law School, she has conducted research at prestigious institutions such as the Max Planck Institute and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Leiden University, the Netherlands). Her academic work focuses on international criminal law, sentencing, and transitional justice, with publications in leading journals like Leiden Journal of International Law, International Criminal Law Review, and Criminal Law Forum. She has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in Spanish and English, and is the author of a monograph on genocide in international criminal law—a topic she has explored further in her research, particularly in relation to the definition of protected groups. The book was developed following her participation in the internship programs at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, which shaped its pragmatic approach and its in-depth analysis of international criminal jurisprudence. She has delivered numerous lectures and presentations at national and international conferences and academic seminars and has held visiting positions at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany), the University of Eastern Finland, and the Università di Bologna (Italy). She has participated as a researcher in eight competitive research projects and currently leads two research projects on penal rationalization and crime prevention. She regularly acts as a peer reviewer for various national and international academic journals and has also served as evaluator for the EU’s Horizon 2020 program. She was Vice Dean for International Relations at the Faculty of Law of the University of Alicante between 2012 and 2016.