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Current positions:
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Since March 2004
Geneva Field Officer (part-time)
European Inter-University Centre (EIUC), Venice-Lido, Italy
* co-ordinating the EIUC Advanced Internship Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Geneva
* liasing with the Geneva Offices of the EU Presidency, the European Commission, the EU Council Secretariat
* assisting in the organisation of training and evaluation sessions
* liasing with Geneva-based NGOs
* assisting interns from a logistical, personal and professional point of view
* reporting to the EIUC Secretary-General and other bodies
Since November 2001
Consultant, The Right to Education Project, Copenhagen, Denmark
* writing and updating of At what age?… are school-children employed, married and taken to court?
* researching, analysing and compiling world-wide information on minimum age regulation as reported to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
* researching and compiling information on the charging of fees in compulsory education in Eastern European and Central Asian countries as reported to various UN treaty bodies
* liasing with UN agencies such as UNICEF, ILO, WHO and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in view of co-operation for research
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Previous positions:
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Since July 2003
Human Rights Adviser
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome and Missions in Geneva and New York (as follows):
March to April 2004
Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organisations, Geneva, Switzerland
* participated, as a member of the Italian delegation, to the 60 th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
* chairperson of informal consultations on the Chairman's Statement on Afghanistan
September to December 2003
Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations, New York, USA
* participated, as a member of the Italian delegation, to the 58 th Session of the United Nations General Assembly – Third Committee
* chairperson of informal open-ended consultations on the 58 th GA resolution on “The rights of the child”
* co-ordinated EU meetings and negotiations with other regional groups
July 2003
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights, Human Rights Office, Rome, Italy
* provided human rights input into the activities of the EU Presidency
* drafted country and thematic resolutions as well as general statements presented on behalf of the EU at the 58 th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
March to July 2003
Human Rights Expert
Delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
* monitored the 59th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
* liased with EU, WEOG and other regional groups delegates regarding the various government's positions
* reported on multilateral negotiations
* conducted research on topics related to human rights
February to November 2001
Human Rights Expert,
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Inter-ministerial Committee for Human Rights, Rome, Italy
* participating, as a member of the delegation of Italy, to the United Nations World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban;
* participating, as a member of the Italian delegation, to the 57th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights;
* * drafting amendments and proposals to UN, EU and CoE documents on behalf of Italy;
* assisting with the writing of State reports to be presented before UN treaty-bodies and other international monitoring mechanisms;
* preparing speeches, reports and position papers on human rights issues;
* undertaking research on human rights related issues.
June 1995 to May 1998
Human rights and development education Specialist,
UNICEF-Italian Committee, Office of the Chairman, Como, Italy
* designing and implementing cultural projects on child labour, children in armed conflicts, children's right to health and development, the right to education;
* developing and managing a teaching format for lecturing about human rights and development issues in public schools;
* designing format and conducting a weekly TV programme on UNICEF and Human Rights issues;
* producing and disseminating informational and educational material about UNICEF activities and projects;
* responsible for managing the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 fund raising campaign for Northern Italy in collaboration with other UNICEF offices.
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Teaching and Training:
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September 2000 to February 2001
Academic Assistant,
European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratization, Venice, Italy
* lecturing and conducting seminars, workshops and other academic activities for graduate students, in particular on the right to education, human rights education, the rights of the child, refugees rights, non-discrimination, multiculturalism;
* providing training assistance to students during a field trip in Bosnia-Herzegovina
November 1999
Group leader on the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratization, Venice, Italy
* preparing, managing and implementing an interactive project on the CRC in 4 primary schools of Venice;
* training fellow master's students on teaching human rights to primary school children;
* assisting teachers and deans in shaping human rights oriented curricula.
September 1998 to June 1999
Consultant for human rights training and education for high schools
Como, Italy
* teaching human rights protection and promotion to high school students;
* presentation of paper: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 50 years later (La Dichiarazione universale dei diritti umani 50 anni dopo)
* resource person for teachers, students, local associations and NGOs dealing with human rights education.
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Publications:
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April 2004
Author of the second edition At What Age? …are school children employed, married and taken to court? Right to Education Project/ UNESCO/Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency, pp 145
November 2002
Author of At What Age? …are school children employed, married and taken to court? Raoul Wallenberg Institute/ Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, pp 124.
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Academic Degrees:
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September 2000
European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratization, Copenhagen, Denmark/Venice, Italy
* Master thesis: Between promise and reality: what right to education for refugee and asylum seeking children?
April 1993
Laurea in Political Science, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
* specialisation in international relations;
* Thesis: Congo 1960-1963: the United Nations action and the internal crisis.
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Technical skills:
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Languages:
English: fluent
French: fluent
Italian: mother tongue
Computer Skills:
MS Office Programmes; Corel Word Perfect.
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Other activities:
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August 1999
5th Summer session on human rights and the right to education, OIDEL and EUM, Geneva, Switzerland
Certificate awarded
July 1998
29th Study session on human rights, International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
Certificate awarded
1994-1995
Executive Course on Development Education, UNICEF and Università degli Studi, Milan, Italy
Certificate awarded
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