in the formation of the 10 previously mentioned research groups and enabled the Advisory Board to convene. In March 2019, we organised a final expert meeting in Venice, where the drafts of the research groups were presented and reviewed. Furthermore, key budgets for the implementation of the Global Study were raised and managed by Global Campus teams in Vienna and Venice. In this respect, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the following colleagues in Poznan, Pretoria, Venice, and Vienna: Global Campus Headquarters in Venice, Italy President: Zdzisław KĘDZIA. Chair: Veronica GOMEZ. Administrative Director: Elisabetta NOLI. Academic Director: George ULRICH. Executive Assistants: Anna ZENZ & Anna STEINER. Research Department: Chiara ALTAFIN & Wiebke LAMER. Financial Managers: Luigi COMACCHIO & Luca FANTINEL. Communications Manager: Elisa AQUINO. General Services: Alessandra SILANOS & Enrica LOT. Online Department: Angela MELCHIORRE & Manuela PEGORARO. IT Officer: Nicola TONON. Children’s Rights Coordinator: Reina-Marie LOADER. Center for Child Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa Chair of the Advisory Board and former Director: Ann SKELTON. Director: Karabo OZAH. Children’s Rights Coordinator: Zita HANSUNGULE. Advisor: Lesley DU TOIT. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights / University of Vienna, Austria Scientific Co-Director: Hannes TRETTER. Administrative Directors: Fiona STEINERT and Patricia MUSSI-MAILER. Financial and Administrative Management: Margit BRAUN, Martin NEUBAUER, Isolde PROMMER and Karl SCHÖNSWETTER. Vienna Master of Arts in Human Rights: Marijana GRANDITS and Sabine MANN. Child Rights Expert and Global Study Advisor: Helmut SAX. Head of Department ‘Human Dignity and Public Security’ / Research Group Lead: Moritz BIRK. XXIII