Medda Roberta Institute for Minority Rights Drususallee/Viale Druso, 1 39100 Bozen/Bolzano  Tel. +39 0471 055 221  Fax +39 0471 055 299  contact

CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM

PERSONAL DATA

• Born in Cagliari (Sardinia), Italy, 19 April 1968

• Senior Researcher at the European Academy of Bolzano, Institute for Minority Rights 

• PhD - Faculty of Law (University of Graz)

• LL.M. in International Human Rights Law (University of Essex - UK)
  
  
• Degree in Law (University of Cagliari)

• Language skills: Italian (Mother tongue), English and French (Fluent), German (Fair), Spanish (Working knowledge)

MAIN RESEARCH FIELDS

• International Protection of Minority Rights
• New Minorities
• International Protection of Human Rights
• Refugee and Immigration Law 
• Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe

• Projects/researches/publications in the field of minority protection focusing in particular on the international law aspects;
• Coordination of the International Law Module, Master Programme for Peace Mediators in International Conflicts, Province of Bolzano/Bozen-University of Bologna;
• Member of the Tutorial Staff - MEIR, Master in European Integration and  Regionalism (Uni Graz, EURAC, EIPA)
• Member of the Antenna Network for the Observatory on Migration - Province of Bolzano/Bozen 

PUBLICATIONS/LECTURES

• Vecchie e Nuove Minoranze: una dicotomia ancora valida? Il caso Alto-Adige-Süd Tirol, in Danilo Castellano (ed.), Il diritto d´asilo in Europa: problemi e prospettive (forthcoming with Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2008).
   

• Old and New Minorities:Reconcíling Diversity and Cohesion. A Human Rights Model for Minority Integration, Paper presented at the Conference Immigration, Minorities and Multiculturalism in Democracies (EDG-GDE), Montréal, Québec, October 24-27 2007. 
  
  

• L´immigrazione in Alto Adige/Süd Tirol, oggi: problemi sociali, soluzioni legislative, questioni aperte, Lecture presented at the Conference "Il diritto d´asilo in Europa:problemi e prospetiive", Bolzano/Bozen, 10-12 October 2007, organised by "Institut International d´Etudes Européennes Antonio Rosmini" .
  
  
• Accommodating Diversity and Cohesion:the Quadrature of the Circle?, Lecture, MEIR, Master on European Integration and Regionalism, Uni Graz -EURAC - EIPA, September 2007.
  
  
• Integrazione:un percorso possibile? Preface to Supercomunitari. Immagini eloquenti degli stranieri di Bolzano, R.Montesani/P. Risser, supported by the Departments for Culture, Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen.
  
  
• A Human Rights Model for Minority Integration, Lecture, Summer School on `Managing Diversity`, Kaunas, Lituania, July, 2007.
  
  
• Old and New Minorities: Integration Policies beyond Multiculturalism, Lecture, MEIR, Master on European Integration and Regionalism, Uni Graz -EURAC - EIPA, June 2007.
  
  
• The Case of Diversity: Islam and Democracy, Moot trial, Master on European Integration and Regionalism, Uni Graz -EURAC - EIPA, June 2007
  
  
• Legal Aspects of the Situation of Roma, Lecture, and Right to Education and ´Special Schools` for Roma, Workshop, CoDe, Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development, University of Trento, April 2007.
  
  
• Non-Discrimination and Minority Protection in International Human Rights Law, Master Programme for Peace Mediators in International Conflicts, Province of Bolzano/Bozen-University of Bologna, January 2007. 
  
  
• Theory and Practice of International Human Rights Law, Lecture, Master Programme for Peace Mediators in International Conflicts, Province of Bolzano/Bozen-University of Bologna, January 2007. 
  
  
• Protection of Minorities under International Law and the Case of South Tyrol, in J. Marko et al (eds.) "Tolerance Established by Law.Self -Governance and Group Rights : The Autonomy of South Tyrol" (Martinus Nijhoff Publisher, forthcoming).
  
  
• The Educational System in South Tyrol (with S. Baur), in J. Marko et al (eds.) "Tolerance Established by Law.Self -Governance and Group Rights : The Autonomy of South Tyrol" (Martinus Nijhoff Publisher, forthcoming).
   
• Migration of unaccompanied minors in the light of the Italian experience, Workshop held at the Seminar "Management of Irregular Migration in Europe and Strategies to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings", organised by the Venice Commission, Council of Europe, UniDem, Trieste, 9-12 October 2006.
  
  
• The Death of Multiculturalism ? Is Integration the next catchphrase of an inclusive Europe ?, Academia, 2006/2.
  
  
• Cultural Bigotry of Self-Preservation? When the minority becomes the majority, Academia, 2006/2.
  
  
• State Responsability and the ECHR, Paper presented during the Seminar  "State Responsability", June 2006, University of Graz.
  
  
•  New Minorities: A Human Rights Model of Integration beyond Multiculturalism, Lecture, MEIR, Master on European Integration and Regionalism, Uni Graz -EURAC - EIPA, June 2006.
  
  
•  The ECHR and Roma/Gipsy Case-Law, Lecture, CoDe, Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development, University of Trento, April 2006.
  
  
• Right to Education and ´Special Schools`for Roma, Workshop, CoDe, Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development, University of Trento, April 2006.
  
  
• Reception of unaccompanied foreign minors in Italy, Lecture presented at the conference "Migration of non accompanied minors :acting in the best interest of the child", organised by the Council of Europe, Migration and Roma Department, Malaga, 27-28 October 2005.
  
  
• International and Regional Human Rights Protection and Non-Discrimination, Minorities and Non-Nationals, Lectures presented at the CoE-funded seminar  " Confidence Building Through Human Rights Education in Cyprus" , Cyprus, 7-8 October 2005
  
  
• The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Vol. 4, 2004/05 (Kluwer Law International)
  
  
• International Humanitarian Law, Lecture, Course for Peace Mediators, Province of Bolzano/Bozen, June 2005
  
  
• Islam and Democracy; Extraterritoriality of the ECHR, Moot trials, Master on European Integration and Regionalism, Uni Graz -EURAC - EIPA, June 2005
  
  
• European Organisations and Human Rights, Lecture, Course for Peace Mediators, Province of Bolzano/Bozen, May 2005
  
  
• New Minorities : A Human Rights Model of Integration, Lecture, Master on Local Development in the Balkans, University of Trento, May 2005
  
  
• The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Vol. 3, 2003/04 (Kluwer Law International)
  
  
• Protection of Minority Rights in Europe, Lecture, Europe-Asia Exchange Project, South Asian Forum for Human Rights (Kathmandu), Bolzano/Bozen, Sept. 2004
  
  
• Historical Minorities and Migrants : Foes or Allies ? in Eumap.org Journal, Feature Un)Freedom of Movement: Migration Issues in Europe, Part I: Migration Trends and Challenges, July 2004 (www.eumap.org/journal/features/2004/migration/pt1/minmigrants
  
  
• Cultural Rights and Freedom of Association; Freedom of Expression and Minority Rights, Moot trials, MEIR, Master on European Integration and Regionalism, Uni Graz -  EURAC - EIPA, June 2004
  
  
• Historical Minorities and Migrants : Allies or Foes ? Paper presented at the Workshop "Incorporating Minorities in Europe : Nineteenth Century to the Present", April 16-17, 2004, Minda De Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University 
  
  
• Old and New Minorities, Lecture, Master on Local development in the Balkans, University of Trento, May 2004
  
  
• Legal Indicators for Social Inclusion of New Minorities Generated by Immigration, in Eumap.org Journal, Feature Racism:spot it and stop it! Europe action against racism, 2004 (http://www.eumap.org/journal/features/2004/stopracism/legalind/)
  
  
• Obstacles and Prospects to Minority Returns in BiH, Paper presented at the course "Comparative Constitutionalism in Europe, April 2003, University of Graz 
  
  
• Theory and Practice of the European Convention of Human Rights, Lecture presented in the EC-funded programme "Dialogue with Civil Society" (Cyprus, April 2003), organised by EURAC and German-Cypriot Forum- DZF)
  
  
• The European Court of Human Rights and Minority Rights, in Journal of European Integration, Vol. 25, No. 3, Sept.2003
  
  
• Legal Indicators for Social Inclusion of New Minorities Generated by Immigration, European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Vol. 2, 2002/03 (Kluwer Law International)
  
  
• The ECHR and Ethnic Conflicts : the Case of Cyprus, Paper presented at the course "Comparative Constitutionalism in Europe", April 2003, University of Graz
  
  
• The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Vol. 2, 2002/03 (Kluwer Law International)
  
  
• Prohibition of Discrimination and Non-Citizens, Lecture, Master on Local  Development in the Balkans, University of Trento, May 2003
  
  
• Bilateral Agreements and Minority Rights, Lecture, Master on Local Development in the Balkans, University of Trento, May 2002
  
  
• Minoritites within Minorities : the Case of Quebec, Lecture presented at the seminar "Minoranze nelle Minoranze" (Bolzano/Bozen, 2001), organised by the association "La Fabbrica del tempo" .
  
  
• Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Vol. 1, 2001/02 (Kluwer Law International)
  
  

• Bilateral approach to the protection of kin-minorities (with Emma Lantschner), in European Commission for Democracy through Law (ed.), The protection of national minorities by their kin-state, (Council of Europe Publishing, Strasbourg, 2002).

  
  
• Protection of National Minorities through Bilateral Agreements in South-Eastern Europe',  European Yearbook of Minority Issues, 2001/02 (Kluwer Law International)
  
  
• Protection of National Minorities through Bilateral Agreements in South-Eastern Europe, Working paper commissioned by the Council of Europe, 8th Meeting of Government Offices for National Minorities, Strasbourg, 21-22 May 2001.
  
  
• What Are Human Rights ? and  Fundamental Principle of Human Rights : Prohibition of Non-Discrimination, Lectures presented at the seminar "Prohibition of Discrimination", Zagreb, 4-8 April 2001, organised by Balkan Human Rights Network.
  
  
• La durata dei processi e la Convenzione europea dei diritti dell'uomo, Article published in Documenti Giustizia (n. 1-2, 2000), Journal of the Ministry of Justice, Italy.
  
  
• Role of Non-governmental Organisations in the Functioning of International Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights, Lecture presented at the seminar  "The International System of Protection of Human Rights", Tirana, September 1995, organised by the AIRE Centre
  
  
• Overview of the International Human Rights Instruments related to the Treatment of Prisoners, Lecture presented at the seminar  "Detention and Human Rights", held in Tirana (Albania), in August 1994, organised by the AIRE Centre
  
  
• Research assistance and editing of the book "Human Rights and the United Nations Practice  Before the Treaty Bodies", by Michael O'Flaherty (Sweet and Maxwell, 1996).  
  
  

1995	Participated 7th "Concours Pictet", University competition on the International Laws of Armed Conflicts, organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
1993	Attended Human Rights course organised by "Institut International des Droits de l'Homme", Strasbourg.
1993	Participated 9th "Concours René Cassin": University competition on the European Convention of Human Rights, organised by the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
1992-1993	Attended Faculty of Law, Poitiers, on a Erasmus scholarship (European Union)  for graduation thesis research.   last update : May  2007