EDUCATION
Doctorate (PhD) in Law, Summa cum Laude (with highest honours), Institute of Comparative Law, School of Law, Complutense University Madrid.
Diploma de Estudios Avanzados, Sobresaliente (First class), Institute of Comparative Law, School of Law, Complutense University Madrid.
Diploma in Development of Teaching Abilities (PDHD), Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico.
LLM in Public International Law, University of Nottingham (UK).
Dottore in Giurisprudenza, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
March 2-5, 1995 Seminar on Education for Development and Intercultural Education, for teachers and team-leaders, FOCSIV (Federation of Christian Organisations for International Volunteer Service), Assisi, Italy.
July - August 1994 Summer Course on Public International Law at The Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands, (Certificate).
May 21-22, 1994 IV Seminar on ‘Asylum, Foreigners and Refugees’, International Institute of Humanitarian Law and UNHCR Italian Branch Office, San Remo.
July 1992 Summer Course on Human Rights, University R. Schumann, Strasbourg, International Institute of Human Rights, (Certificate); ‘Ciedhu: International Centre for the Teaching of Human Rights at University’; co-ordinating a study group on Children Rights (Certificate).
August 1991 scholarship from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to attend the Alpbach European Forum on Political European Issues organised by the Austrian College (Vienna).
December 1990 - May 1991 Certificate of Merit, ‘1st Multidisciplinary Course on Education for Development’, organised by the Italian Committee for UNICEF and La Sapienza University of Rome.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Aberystwyth University, Deparment of Law & Criminology
Reader in Law, October 2013 - Present; [Senior Lecturer, October 2011-October 2013; Lecturer, September 2005 - October 2011]
Undergraduate Level: Lecturer in International Law, Human Rights, European Law, Comparative Public Law, and Legal Process and Module Co-ordinator for: Public International Law; Human Rights: Theories, Institutions and Remedies; and Comparative Public Law.
Postgraduate Level: Lecturer and Module Co-ordinator of International Law and International Human Rights Law.
Director of Research.
General Editor of The Cambrian Law Review (since 2007).
Founder and Convenor of the International Legal Studies Forum.
Acting Chair Centre for European Studies.
Università di Cagliari (Italy), School of Law
Visiting Fellow, July-December 2009
Joint Research project on the Optional Protocol on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Co-author Prof. Francesco Seatzu (Cagliari University).
Swansea University, School of Law
Senior Lecturer, part-time, 1 October 2008 – 28 February 2009
Teaching the modules on Human Rights and on International Criminal Law
University of Nottingham, School of Law, Centre for Conflict and Security Law
Researcher, January – August 2005
Organisation of an International Workshop on European Security Law, and contribution to the edited book European Security Law, OUP, 2007.
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México, Mexico City:
January 2002-December 2004
Professor of Public International Law, International Organisations, International Human Rights and Comparative Legal Systems.
European Public Law Center, Athens, Greece:
Researcher, January – December 2001
Charged of study, development and follow-up of EU funded projects.
Legal research in the field of Public and European Law, International and Human Rights Law.
International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy:
Researcher, October 1999 – December 2000
Executive Officer, Research Project on Humanitarian Protection in Non-international
Conflict, under the direction of Dr Dieter Fleck (German Ministry of Defence);
Lecturer in international military law courses on International Humanitarian Law.
External Examiner, 1st Advanced Military Course on Humanitarian Law (Venice 1999).
University of Piura, Piura, Peru:
Lecturer, August 1996 – January 1998
Working for an IOM project to develop university education in Peru (Public International Law and Human Rights).
Lecturer in Public International Law and Introduction to Law, Faculty of Law.
Set up and taught a Course on the International Protection of Human Rights.
Institute for University Co-operation, Rome, Italy:
Editorial Assistant, Lecturer, January 1994 – June 1996
Contributing articles on International Affairs published in the Review edited by the Institute.
Teaching International Organisations and Multilateral Co-operation at the courses for Volunteers and Personnel deployed in International Co-operation Programmes.
Italian Committee for Unicef, Rome, Italy:
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative National Co-ordinator, September 1992 - July 1996
Consultant's contract to develop the WHO-UNICEF "Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative" and the "Grand Alliance of Health Professionals for Children and Families" at national level.
Co-ordinating national activities and network connected with childcare and children’s rights.
Lecturer in International Child Rights at University Multidisciplinary Courses.
La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy:
Research Assistant, January 1992 - May 1996
Helping the Chair of International Organisation to develop a Course on Human Rights and Refugees Law and participate in other academic activities related to the Chair.
Italian Branch Office of UNHCR, Rome:
Volunteer Consultant, March 1992 - May 1996
Set up and organised a Course on Human Rights and Refugee Law at La Sapienza University, Organised the II, III and IV Course and prepared a publication collecting the main lectures of the previous editions.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS AND SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
July 2014 – Present, British Council Peer Review Panel Member, Researcher Links Programme.
July 2014, Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (Spanish National Evaluation Agency), International Expert Peer Review Panel Member.
2012 – Present: Ministry of Education, University and Research (Italy), Member of the Panel of Referees for the evaluation of research projects funded by the Italian Government (areas of International Law).
External Examiner (2012-2-13): LLM International Human Rights, University of Liverpool.
External Examiner (2012-2015): MA Understanding and Securing Human Rights, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
23 March 2012, Invited to attend a close Seminar on State Immunity, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London.
1998 - 2000: European Commission, Directorate-General VIII, Development
Selected as Expert Consultant in the field of Human Rights.
Teaching and Guest Lecturer
January 1998 – Present: International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy:
Visiting Professor, Lecturer on Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, and Refugee Law. Spanish and English International Courses. President of the Ex Alumni Association.
Advanced Course on Refugee Law and Human Rights, 19-13 October 2009: Course Director and Lecturer.
HUMANMED, Postgraduate International Diploma on International Humanitarian Law, University of Nice and International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Lecturer on International Refugee Law, Inclusion and Exclusion Clauses, and the Principle of Non-refoulement, San Remo.
Courses on International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Peace Operations, Lecturer in Human Rights and Military Operations.
External Examiner, 1st Advanced Military Course on Humanitarian Law (Venice 1999).
Executive Officer, Research Project on Humanitarian Protection in Non-international Conflict, 1999-2001 (under the direction of Dr Dieter FLECK).
15-16 April 2010: University of Turin (Italy), School of Law and United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI): Master in International Organisations, International Criminal Law and Crime Prevention, invited lecturer on ‘Criminal Accountability of Peacekeepers’ and ‘Introduction to European Union Law’.
11-12 April 2010: Cairo Regional Center for Training on Conflict Resolution & Peacekeeping in Africa: guest lecturer on ‘The Legal Framework of Peace Support Operations: Humanitarian Law and Human Rights’; and ‘The UN Charter and Peacekeepers: Responsibility to Protect, Human Rights and Legitimate Use of Force’.
December-June 2010: Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI), Milan: Advanced Diploma in International Humanitarian Law and Peace Operations, Lecturer in ‘Enforcing respect for IHL and Human Rights in peace operations’ (by Distance Learning).
16-19 November 2009: University of Lund and Raul Wallenberg Institute: Guest lecturer on International Humanitarian Law, European LLM Programme on International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.
14-15 September 2009: NATO School, Workshop on the Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights for Military Lawyers, Oberammergau, Germany: Lectures on ‘The UN Charter and Peacekeepers’ and ‘The Responsibility to Protect and the Conduct of Peacekeepers’, ‘The UN Code of Conduct’.
April 2009, University of Turin (Italy), School of Law and United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI): Master in International Organisations, International Criminal Law and Crime Prevention, Guest lecturer on ‘Jus ad bellum, Jus in bello, Jus post bellum’; ‘The Evolution of Peace-keeping’; ‘Responsibility to Protect and Peace-keeping Operations’.
December 2008: NATO School, Workshop on the Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights for Military Lawyers, Oberammergau, Germany: Lectures on ‘The UN Charter and Peacekeepers’ and ‘The Responsibility to Protect and the Conduct of Peacekeepers’.
Utrecht University, Law School, November 2007: Lectures on the Relationship between Decisions of Different International Organisations: Combating Terrorism; and the Institutional Reform of the United Nations Security Council.
1999 - 2002: College Universitaire Henry Dunant, Guest Lecturer, Summer University on Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland:
Member of the Teaching staff and of the Academic Council
Teaching International Human Rights Law modules on International UN Mechanisms, and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights.
2000-2002: University of Bologna, Italy
Member of the teaching staff of the European Project “Towards a European Model Judge”. Developing teaching module on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law for the training activity of judges in the Balkan Region.
The Kazakh State Law Academy, Almaty, Kazakhstan: 13 - 19 May 2001
Teaching Human Rights at the Law School short course (10 hours) for Professors and Postgraduate Students in Law. Program developed within the TEMPUS-TACIS Project (JEP Contract N. T-JEP 10825-99).
The Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela: July 2000
Guest Lecturer,
Invited to teach a module on International Humanitarian Law in the Master’s Program on International Human Rights.
University of Padua, Padua, Italy: March 2000
Lecture on 'Emergency and International Co-operation', UNICEF/University Multidisciplinary Course on International Development.
The University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela: July 1997
Invited Professor, taught a 24 hours Course on the International Protection of Human Rights, joint program Chairs for Peace and Human Rights.
Conference Papers and Presentations
17 April 2012: University of Jaen (Spain), guest speaker on the organisation of Postgraduate Studies in the UK, seminar on the Bologna Process for members of academic staff.
15 March 2012: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Panel member (by invitation) of the seminar ‘On the ground’: The legal protection of journalists reporting from conflict, http://www.biicl.org/events/view/-/id/686/
21-23 September 2011: AWR Annual Conference: Invited speaker on 'Integration Politics in the UK', Webster University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
13 September 2011: Chair of the Round Table on 'Parental Rights in Child Education', United Nations Headquarters, Geneva.
20 May 2011: International Society of Military Law and Law of War, guest speaker at annual seminar on the topic 'Legal Complexities and the Accountability of Peacekeepers: New Forms of Impunity?', British Red Cross Headquarters, London.
13 April 2011: University of Surrey, Politics Research Seminar: guest speaker on 'Criminal Accountability of Peacekeepers' (video).
12-15 April 2011: Socio-Legal Studies Association, Annual Conference, University of Sussex, paper on 'Misconduct of Peacekeepers'.
18-19 November 2010: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London: Conference on Minority and Indigenous Rights: Emerging Themes and Challenges, paper on ‘The Legal Recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Cultural Identity’.
28 June 2010: Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights: Symposium on Distance Learning: International Law, Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (speaker by invitation).
26-27 November 2009, Università degli Studi di Cassino, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza:
International Conference, I diritti fondamentali nella societa multiculturale: verso un nuovo modo di intendere la Costituzione? (Fundamental Rights in the Multicultural Society) paper on 'Indigenous peoples, cultural identity and constitutional law'.
University of Nice, Institut du Droit de la Paix et du Developpement, September 2009: 8th International and European Doctoral Seminar, Invited Member of the Professorial Panel, deliver a paper on Diplomatic Immunities and Peacekeeping Operations.
Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa, Italian Ministry of Defence, Rome, July 2009: Lecture on Means and Methods of Warfare and Legal Implications.
10 December 2008, Colloquium on Emerging Human Rights in the 21st Century, Dept of Law & Criminology, Aberystwyth University, 10 December 2008. Co-organiser.
16-17 October 2008: Oslo University, Keynote Address on 'International Security and Regional Organisations: Considerations under International Law', invited speaker at the Conference on Security –A Multidisciplinary Normative Approach.
Swansea University, 21-22 May 2008: Conference on Theorising the Global Legal Order, paper on 'Fundamental Standards of Humanity and the Global Legal Order'.
University of Bristol, School of Law, 14 February 2008: Regional International Law Association Seminar, Invited Speaker on 'Cultural Rights and Indigenous Peoples'.
University of Nice, Institut du Droit de la Paix et du Developpement, 8-12 September 2008: 7th International and European Doctoral Seminar, Invited Member of the Professorial Panel.
University of Valencia, School of Law, 5-6 May 2008: Invited Speaker on ‘The Bologna Process and the UK Universities’ in a Seminar on Comparative Perspectives on European Legal Studies (II Jornadas de Estudios de Derecho en Europa).
International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Round Table, 6-8 September 2007: Background Paper and co-chairing: Working Group on Non Lethal Weapons: Legal Implications.
Society of Legal Scholars, Annual Conference, Keele University,4-6 September 2006: paper on International Security Law.
Michigan State University – Detroit College of Law: August 2001, Law Faculty Members Research Seminar on “Fundamental Standards of Humanity”.
European Commission, Brussels, Belgium: June 2001,Workshop on European Enlargement, ORION Project, presentation of the paper: “Societal and Cultural Factors at the Edge of the Enlargement of the European Union”.
Funded Research Projects
Summer 2012: Strategic Insight Programme, funded by HEFCW, (£ 2,500) for a placement at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London (Legal Office).
Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2011: European Union, Lifelong Learning Programme, Research Partner in the project: ‘Construction d'indicateurs de la participation des parents dans l'enseignement obligatoire’ (Definition of Indicators on Parental Participation in Compulsory Education), started January 2009 (duration 36 months), grant of Euros 63,000 (80% co-financing). I shall submit a National Report on the situation in the UK and the research co-ordinator shall provide and publish a Final Report to be published and submitted to the EU in Brussels and to the United Nations Office in Geneva.
2000 - 2003: University of Bologna, Centre for Balkan Studies, Italy
External Expert
Member of the teaching staff of the European Project ‘Towards a European Model Judge’, sponsored by the European Union. Developing teaching material and teaching a distant learning module on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law for the training activity of judges in the Balkan Region.
MEMBERSHIP
Member of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy.
President of the Ex-Alumni Association, International Institute of Humanitarian Law.
Member of the Society of Legal Scholars, UK.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.
General Editor, The Cambrian Law Review, UK.
Member of the UK Network on Minority Groups and Human Rights.
Assistant Editor, Journal of Conflict and Security Law, Oxford University Press (2005-2006).
Member of the Editorial Board of the Human Rights Law Review, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (1998/99).
Member of the Editorial Committee of E-juripolis, electronic review of the School of Law and Political Science of the ITESM-TEC, Mexico.
LANGUAGES
Italian: Mother tongue.
English: Excellent understanding of the written and spoken language, very good oral and excellent writing skills.
Spanish: Excellent understanding of the written and spoken language, excellent oral and writing skills.
French: Upper Intermediate level; good written and spoken language, very good writing and oral skills.