Professional experience
- Judicial experience at a national and at an international level
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Dates
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March 2017 – current date
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Occupation or position held
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International Judge of the Constitutional Court Chamber of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers
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Main activities and responsibilities
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- Delivered Constitutional Court Judgment in June 2017 on the relevant European human rights standards required of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence; participated in all Plenary Sessions of the Court; contributed to all meetings of the Chamber and engaged in the drafting of the Rules of Procedure of the Specialist Chamber of the Constitutional Court.
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Name and address of employer
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Kosovo Specialist Chambers
The Hague - The Netherlands.
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Type of business or sector
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Jurisdiction over crimes against humanity, war crimes and other crimes under Kosovo law in relation to allegations reported in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Report of 7 January 2011. Constitutional jurisdiction.
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Dates
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March 2016 – March 2018
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Occupation or position held
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Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme Court of Cassation
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Main activities and responsibilities
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- Prosecutor in criminal trials (including those for terrorism, organised crime, corruption, murder, massacre) before the Court of Cassation, which is the highest instance in the Italian court system and has the task of ensuring the correct application of the law, together with the unity of the national legal system;
- Member of the working groups competent for extradition, recognition of foreign judgments, patrimonial preventive measures (seizure and forfeiture of assets), resolution of conflicts of competence between district Prosecution Offices (including those for terrorism).
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Name and address of employer
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Procura Generale presso la Corte Suprema di Cassazione
Palazzo di Giustizia, Piazza Cavour - Rome, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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Criminal matters
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Dates
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September 2011 – March 2016
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Occupation or position held
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President of the Court of Assize and of the Division competent for patrimonial preventive measures
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Main activities and responsibilities
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- President of the Court competent for the most serious crimes (murder, massacre, destruction etc.) committed in the Central District of Sicily or committed against the judges and prosecutors working in Palermo, including the new trials concerning the “Capaci Massacre” and the “via D’Amelio Massacre”, in which the judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino were killed for terrorism purposes within the strategies of organised crime; this judicial activity has continued via secondment until 2018;
- President of the judicial body competent for seizure, forfeiture and management of assets belonging to members of criminal organisations;
- reference judge for IT for the criminal sector;
- tasks involving direction and supervision of staff, assignment of judges to cases, managerial experience in judicial administration, representation of the Court, conclusion of necessary arrangements with bar and accountant associations.
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Name and address of employer
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Tribunale di Caltanissetta
Palazzo di Giustizia, Via Libertà no. 5 - Caltanissetta, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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Criminal matters
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Dates
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December 2007 – September 2011
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Occupation or position held
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Tribunal Judge seconded to the Supreme Court of Cassation
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Research and advisory duties on the Supreme Court’s case law in criminal matters.
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Name and address of employer
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Corte Suprema di Cassazione
Palazzo di Giustizia, Piazza Cavour - Rome, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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Criminal matters
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Dates
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December 1995 – December 2007
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Occupation or position held
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Judge
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Main activities and responsibilities
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- Judge of the Court competent for criminal trials about organised crime (including the “Andreotti trial”, at the end of which the former Italian Premier was acquitted), economic and financial crimes, corruption, public administration crimes, sexual abuse crimes, crimes against the person, drug trafficking, etc.;
- Judge of the Court of Assizes (judicial body dealing with the most serious crimes, including those committed during the “mafia war”) from 2000 to 2007;
- Judge President of the Court that in 2002 ordered the confiscation of assets to the value of hundreds of millions of euros, belonging to members of the Sicilian Mafia;
- Judge seconded to the Court competent for civil cases and labour cases in 1996.
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Name and address of employer
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Tribunale di Palermo
Piazza V.E. Orlando - Palermo, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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Criminal matters
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Dates
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September 1992 - December 1995
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Occupation or position held
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Judge
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Judge competent for civil cases and criminal trials concerning frauds, manslaughters, etc.. Conduct of inquiries into accidents at work.
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Name and address of employer
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Pretura di Palermo
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Type of business or sector
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Criminal and civil matters
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- International experience
Dates
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March 2018 – Current date
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Occupation or position held
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Expert - Legal adviser of the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Participation in the negotiations for the approval of the resolutions of the Conferences of the States Parties to the UN Conventions against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and against Corruption (UNCAC), in the coordination meetings with EU countries, in the activities of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), in the initiatives of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in the preparatory works of of the most important events of the international community in criminal matters.
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Name and address of employer
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Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna
Lugeck 1 – Vienna, Austria
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Type of business or sector
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Diplomatic organ accredited to the United Nations Office and to other international organizations in Vienna.
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Dates
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May 2010 – May 2012
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Occupation or position held
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Presiding Member of the Human Rights Review Panel (HRRP) – EULEX Kosovo
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Main activities and responsibilities
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- review of complaints lodged by victims of alleged human rights violations committed by EULEX in the performance of its executive mandate;
- recommendation of remedial actions as appropriate to the Head of Mission, in accordance with the EULEX Kosovo accountability concept;
- adoption and development of the Rules of procedure of the HRRP;
- direction and supervision of the staff of the HRRP Secretariat;
- participation in the outreach campaign with a view to informing the Kosovo society about the Panel’s functions and objectives;
- meetings with representatives of European and national institutions.
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Name and address of employer
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Human Rights Review Panel
HRRP Building, Rrustem Statovci Street no. 29 - Pristina, Kosovo
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Type of business or sector
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Independent accountability mechanism.
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Dates
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November 2017
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Occupation or position held
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Expert
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Speaker in the Workshop on amendments of anti-mafia law (Tirana, Albania)
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Name and address of employer
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Consolidation of Law Enforcement Agencies – Support to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Albanian State Police and Prosecution Offices project ("PAMECA V")
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Dates
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October 2017
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Occupation or position held
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Expert
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Main activities and responsibilities
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TAIEX Peer Review Mission on Criminal Procedure and Organised Crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Name and address of employer
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European Commission, Directorate-General Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, Institution-Building Unit
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Dates
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November 2015
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Occupation or position held
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Expert
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Speaker in the Workshop on “Introducing the EU experience on non-conviction based confiscation of assets” (Tirana, Albania)
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Name and address of employer
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Consolidation of the Law Enforcement Capacities in Albania project ("PAMECA IV")
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Dates
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24-25 June 2010
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Occupation or position held
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Expert
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Speaker on “Italian system of protecting witnesses” in the TAIEX Workshop on protecting victims and witnesses in criminal procedures (Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
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Name and address of employer
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European Commission, Directorate General for Enlargement, Institution Building Unit
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Type of business or sector
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Training of the local officials, judges and prosecutors about the best European standards in the field of protection of victims of crime in Europe
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Dates
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June 2008
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Occupation or position held
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Consultant
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Advisory services on migration to officials of the Government of Turkey, also in the field of protection of victims of human trafficking.
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Name and address of employer
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International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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Type of business or sector
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Technical Cooperation on Migration with the Government of Turkey.
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Dates
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October 2007 – September 2008
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Occupation or position held
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Medium term expert in the CARDS Twinning Project MK05IBJH01, “Fight against Organised Crime and Corruption Unit - Public Prosecutor’s Office” for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Preparation and delivery of training seminars for members of the Fight Against Organised Crime and Corruption Unit, prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officials, on corruption, trafficking in human beings, mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
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Name and address of employer
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Ministero della Giustizia (Ministry of Justice)
Via Arenula no. 70 - Rome, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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Training in criminal law, criminal procedure, comparison of legal systems.
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Dates
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December 2005 – February 2006
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Occupation or position held
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Short-term expert in the PHARE Twinning Project BG/2003/IB/JH/01-B, "Reform of the Penal Procedure" in Bulgaria
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Delivery of presentations on “instruments to combat organised crime: comparative analysis”, in seminars about the implementation of the new Penal Procedure Code
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Name and address of employer
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Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura
Piazza Indipendenza no. 6 - Rome, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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Training in criminal law, criminal procedure, comparison of legal systems.
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- Legislative drafting experience
Dates
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September 2013 – November 2013
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Occupation or position held
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Member of the Committee charged with drafting measures relating to organized crime (Commissione per elaborare una proposta di interventi in tema di criminalità organizzata)
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Drafting of a proposal for the reform of the Antimafia Code with particular regard to illicit asset recovery.
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Name and address of employer
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Ministero della Giustizia (Ministry of Justice)
Via Arenula no. 70 - Rome, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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Criminal law
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Dates
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July 2006 – March 2008
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Occupation or position held
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Member of the Commission for the Reform of the Criminal Code (Commissione per la Riforma del Codice Penale).
Rapporteur on confiscation.
Member of the working groups on terrorism, organised crime, trafficking in human beings, crimes against the person, crimes against humanity, crimes against public order, security and health.
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Drafting of a new Criminal Code for Italy
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Name and address of employer
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Ministero della Giustizia (Ministry of Justice)
Via Arenula no. 70 - Rome, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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Criminal law
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D)Judicial training experience
Dates
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June 2009 – June 2011; July 2016 – March 2018
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Occupation or position held
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Responsible for the professional training of judges and prosecutors of the Supreme Court of Cassation at a decentralised level
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Programming, organisation and coordination of seminars, workshops, courses and other activities intended to improve the in–service training of judges and public prosecutors of the Supreme Court of Cassation, including the workshop on: “International terrorism: instruments of knowledge and fight” (held in Rome, from 1st to 3rd March 2017)
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Name and address of employer
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Corte Suprema di Cassazione
Palazzo di Giustizia, Piazza Cavour - Rome, Italy.
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Type of business or sector
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Judicial training in criminal law, criminal procedure, European law, human rights and international law, at decentralised level.
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Dates
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December 2002-January 2006
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Occupation or position held
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Member of the Scientific Committee of the High Council of the Judiciary (Comitato Scientifico del Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura)
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Main activities and responsibilities
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Programming, organisation and/or coordination of seminars intended to improve the international and European training of judges and public prosecutors, to enhance the effectiveness of the rights of the defendant and the victim involved in criminal proceedings, to develop shared strategies and the best practises to prevent and fight activities of organised criminal groups, terrorist groups, money laundering, economic and financial crimes, corruption, public administration crimes, and to improve cooperation between judicial authorities of the Member States of the European Union, including the following workshops:
- Seizure and confiscation of assets of illegal origin or destination: modern instruments to combat the phenomenon on a patrimonial level with respect to organised crime in a European context (held in Rome, from 15th to 19th March 2004)
- The protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in civil and criminal matters (held in Rome, from 30th January to 1st February 2006)
- Organised criminality and public administration (held in Rome, from 7th to 9th November 2005)
- Substantial and procedural aspects of drug trafficking (held in Rome, from 14th to 16th March 2005)
- Bank and financial market (held in Rome, from 1st to 2nd March 2005)
- The protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in criminal matters (held in Rome, from 28th February to 1st March 2005)
- The protection of financial interests of the European Community (held in Rome, from 29th November to 1st December 2004)
- Protection under criminal law of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and of the Court of Justice of the European Communities (held in Rome, from 8th to 10th November 2004)
- Organised crime: substantial and procedural aspects (held in Rome, from 11th to 13th October 2004)
- Implementation of EUROJUST: forms and cooperation models for common investigations in the perspective of the free movement of judicial authorities (held in Rome, from 11th to 15th October 2004)
- The new frontier of judicial cooperation in criminal matters: issues and outlook for the institutionalization of judicial activities at international level (held in Rome, from 30th September to 2nd October 2004)
- Towards a supra-national criminal law (held in Rome, from 23rd to 25th February 2004)
- Towards a Constitution for the European Union: the fundamental rights and freedoms in the Charter of Nice (held in Palermo, from 13th to 15th February 2004)
- European judicial cooperation: from extradition to the European arrest warrant (held in Rome, from 10th to 12th November 2003)
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Name and address of employer
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Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura
Piazza Indipendenza no. 6 - Rome, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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Training in International and criminal matters
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E)Teaching experience
Dates
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October 2016 – current date
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Occupation or position held
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Contract Professor of Criminal law
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Name and address of employer
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LUMSA - Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta (Free University Saint Mary of the Assumption), Faculty of Law
Via Filippo Parlatore no. 65 - Palermo, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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University teaching
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Dates
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2010 – 2016
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Occupation or position held
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Contract Professor of criminal law
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Name and address of employer
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Postgraduate School of Specialisation for the legal professions of LUMSA - Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta (Free University Saint Mary of the Assumption), Faculty of Law
Via Filippo Parlatore no. 65 - Palermo, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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Post-graduate teaching
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Dates
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2007 – 2008
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Occupation or position held
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Contract Professor of Anti-organised crime law and procedure
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Name and address of employer
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LUMSA - Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta (Free University Saint Mary of the Assumption), Faculty of Law
Via Filippo Parlatore no. 65 - Palermo, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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University teaching
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Dates
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2002- 2007
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Occupation or position held
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Contract Professor of criminal law and procedure
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Name and address of employer
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Scuola di Specializzazione per le Professioni Legali “G, Scaduto” dell’Università di Palermo
(postgraduate School of Specialisation for the legal professions of the University of Palermo)
Via Maqueda no. 175 – Palermo, Italy
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Type of business or sector
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Post-graduate teaching
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Dates
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December 1986
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Title of qualification awarded
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Degree in law
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Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered
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Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Private Law, Civil Procedure, Labour law, Commercial Law, International Law, Comparative Law, Financial Law, European Communities Law
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Name and type of organisation providing education and training
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University of Palermo, Faculty of Law
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Level in national or international classification
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110/110, magna cum laude
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Dates
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1991
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Title of qualification awarded
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Diploma of specialization in Regional and Local Government Law, “magna cum laude”
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Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered
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Administrative Law, Science of Administration, Regional and Local Government Law
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Name and type of organisation providing education and training
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University of Palermo – School of Specialization in Regional and Local Government Law
(Scuola di specializzazione in diritto delle regioni e degli enti locali dell’Università di Palermo)
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