José Noronha Rodrigues, Doctor in Law (Ph.D). "Cum Laude", by the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), recognized the equivalence of a degree of Doctor in Law by the Lisbon Univesity, Faculty of Law, DEA in European Union Law (2008), Master in International Relations (2004), Post-graduate in Regional law (1998), Post-graduate in Labor Law (2003) and Graduated in Law (1996). He is Vice-President of the School of Business and Economics and member of the Centre of Applied Economics Studies of the Atlantic (CEEApla) - University of the Azores, Scientific Coordinator of Master`s Degree in Company and Employment Law, as well as of the Degree in Law at the University of Santiago -Cape Verde, Visiting Professor in the Master`s Degree in Civil Law and in the Master`S Degree in Taz Law at the Catholic University of Mozambique, Delegate for the Azores of the Instituto de Derecho Ibereamericano and President of the Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation. He also hold the Chair of the Policy Center for the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child.