Education
European Master's in Human Rights and Democratization
(University of Padua, Italy); Master of Arts in Italian Language
and Literature (Middlebury College/University of Florence);
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Columbia University, NYC, USA)
Country experience
Kosovo, Bosnia, Turkey, Albania, Morocco, Georgia, Belgium, Italy,
Sweden
Languages
English mother tongue, fluent Italian and Swedish, working
knowledge Danish, French, reading/passive Spanish
Key qualifications
Twelve years working experience in human rights, including in
research and training institutes, non-governmental organizations
and international organizations with a variety of functions;
Several years experience as external assessor of human rights,
democratization and development education projects for the European
Commission, including within rehabilitation and prevention of
torture;
Experience in field missions with OSCE in the Balkans, including
management of regional human rights team comprised of 19 national
and international staff;
In-depth knowledge of human rights law, with a focus on European
regional instruments, mechanisms and actors;
Long-term teaching experience at undergraduate and graduate level
in human rights and related issues (human trafficking, public
international law) in several countries, including: Italy, Denmark
(DIS), Belgium, Sweden (Malmö Högskola);
Established Brussels office of a major anti-torture
organization;
Editorial/publications experience within human rights/rule of law,
including key Nordic texts on UDHR (Kluwer Law, 1999) and on good
governance and human rights;
Technical training on LFA, project cycle management