Annalisa Ciampi is an Italian law professor and public official. In 2017, Ciampi served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association.

Annalisa Ciampi
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association
In office
1 May 2017 – 30 November 2017
Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
Preceded byMaina Kiai
Succeeded byClément Nyaletsossi Voule
Personal details
BornItaly
EducationUniversity of Florence (J.D.)
Harvard Law School (LLM)
Sapienza University of Rome (Ph.D)
ProfessionLegal scholar

Education edit

Ciampi received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florence and her Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard Law School. Ciampi went on to receive a PhD in international law from the Sapienza University of Rome. Additionally, Ciampi was a Brendan Fellow at the Lautherpacht Centre for International Law in at the University of Cambridge.[1]

Career edit

Ciampi was a professor of international law at the University of Verona prior to her United Nations appointment. While at the University of Verona, Ciampi published an article on the impeachment proceedings against Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir in the Journal of International Criminal Justice.[2] She was also a visiting professor of European human rights law at the Monash University Prato Centre.

On 1 May 2017, Ciampi replaced Maina Kiai as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, serving until 30 November 2017.[1] This appointment made her the first Italian to serve as a special rapporteur since Maria Grazia Giammarinaro.[3] She was succeeded in this position in 2018 by Clément Nyaletsossi Voule.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Biography of Ms. Annalisa Ciampi, former Special Rapporteur". OHCHR. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. ^ Ciampi, Annalisa (2008-11-01). "The Proceedings against President Al Bashir and the Prospects of their Suspension under Article 16 ICC Statute". Journal of International Criminal Justice. 6 (5): 885–897. doi:10.1093/jicj/mqn078. ISSN 1478-1387.
  3. ^ "Annalisa Ciampi, Relatrice speciale sui diritti alla libertà di riunione e di associazione pacifiche". ONU Italia. Archived from the original on 2019-02-09.
  4. ^ Matthew. "New UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of assembly and association". www.civicus.org. Retrieved 2021-10-25.