Giulia Falcone Lai

Conduct legal research and analysis on state compliance with international human rights treaty obligations for the CEDAW Committee working group. Draft legal memoranda and briefing notes for country situations and contribute substantive research inputs to international human rights instruments.

Provided socio-educational support and youth engagement, including academic mentoring and homework/exam preparation. Facilitated structured leisure and group activities to promote social inclusion and emotional well-being while contributing to a safe environment.

Managed daily restaurant operations, coordinating the team, schedules, and culturally diverse staff support. Ensured customer service quality, order accuracy, reservation handling, inventory/restocking, and conflict resolution.

Mentored refugee students to support their familiarisation with the academic world.

Volunteered at Ecoponies Community Garden, assisting with cultivation and harvest and supporting community food preparation. Helped facilitate cultural exchange and provided assistance and dialogue support for people facing social challenges.

Worked as a waitress at Ristorante Le Beccherie.

Provided free language courses for beginners, focusing on vocabulary and basic reading/speaking practice. Led conversation practice and supported cultural workshops.

Supported activism and humanitarian aid for the rights of migrants and asylum seekers via the #OverTheFortress solidarity relay. Coordinated emergency supply collection and distribution along the Balkan route and contributed to advocacy efforts.

Supported a social housing initiative for individuals without shelter by delivering essential goods to people experiencing homelessness. Contributed to assistance and on-the-ground support activities.

Volunteered with Shelter to support individuals experiencing homelessness, handling customer relations and problem-solving tasks. Assisted with stock sorting, donation collection, and advocacy work.

Provided direct assistance to asylum seekers, including needs assessments and support through local partnerships. Collaborated with legal professionals to support legal aid and advocate for the rights and needs of people on the move while maintaining confidential records.

Monitored movements along the Balkan route by accompanying people through border areas and gathering first-hand accounts. Produced crisis documentation through written reporting and video/photography while covering responses and advocating for migrants’ rights and needs.

Executive Master in International Law in Armed Conflict, covering public international law, international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law. Thesis: "Contactless control as jurisdictional engineering. The Italy-Libya cooperation framework as deliberate evasion of international protection obligations."

Grade: 9.5

Master's degree in Culture of Peace, Conflicts, Education and Human Rights. Thesis: "The divided island. Cyprus, seeking experiences of peace in a frozen conflict."

Interdisciplinary training in immigration law and related human rights topics, focused on the repression of migrant subjectivities.

Modern Standard Arabic course, including instruction from the Université de Tunis El Manar language institute.

Course cluster addressing conflict and approaches to conflict resolution in the Mediterranean and Middle East, combining theory with practice from field experience.

Grade: 9.0

SICUE exchange program with excellent academic performance, including coursework in anthropology and Arabic language (ab initio).

Grade: 8.5

Bachelor's degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology with excellent honours. Thesis: "Writing on Walls and Painting Trains: graffiti writing, a counter-hegemonic way of living the urban space."