Andrea Saccucci

Professor Andrea Saccucci is an internationally acknowledged practitioner and academic with special expertise in human rights and international law. He qualified as an attorney in Italy in 2001 where he was called to the Rome Bar in 2002. Since 2013, he has been qualified to appear before higher jurisdictions (such as the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the Council of State).

Andrea’s practice focuses on human rights litigation before national and international judicial and quasi-judicial bodies in many different subject areas (such as extradition, fair trial in civil and criminal proceedings, detainees’ rights, refugee rights, property rights, immigration law and statelessness, discrimination, freedom of expression and association, etc.). He has also gained substantial experience in international law and transnational disputes, national and international arbitrations (including ICSID and ICC), protection of foreign investments, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards and internet defamation disputes.

In addition to his practice as a lawyer, Andrea also has a solid academic background. He received a PhD in Human Rights from the University of Palermo in 2002 and has since then been lecturing at different universities both in Italy and abroad. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of International Law at the Second University of Naples, Adjunct Professor of Human Rights at the Catholic University of Milan and Adjunct Professor of International Law at the LUMSA University of Rome. In addition, he teaches International Human Rights Law in several Master’s courses and training courses organized by the Bar and the School of Magistrates.