Desislava Dimitrova is a PhD candidate at the University of Málaga, Spain, and a barrister registered with the Málaga Bar Association. Her research focuses on the right to life of migrants at the external borders of the European Union, with particular emphasis on constitutional law, public international law, and international human rights law. She is also a member of the research group Transformación constitucional de los derechos fundamentales: nuevas dimensiones para un sistema en evolución (Research Project PID2025-175109NB-I00), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU) and the State Research Agency (AEI).