Dr Francesca Capone - Scuola Superiore Sant`Anna

Curriculum Vitae
Francesca Capone
PERSONAL
INFORMATION
Dr Francesca Capone
Via Pier Capponi 61, CAP 50132, Firenze, Italy
+39 050 883716
+39 347 8224905
[email protected]
Sex Female| Date of birth 22/07/1983| Nationality Italian
WORK EXPERIENCE
October 2013 to present
Research Fellow in International Law and Didactic Coordinator of the Master of
Arts in Human Rights and Conflict Management
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna,
Masters and Training Programmes Division
Via Cardinale Maffi, 27, 56126 Pisa – Italy
Main tasks encompass: legal research, mapping and analysis of national, regional and international
legal frameworks; data collection through questionnaire and interviews; drafting research proposals
and reports; coordination of the didactic of the Master of Arts in Human Rights and Conflict
Management.
July 2012 to September
2013
Research Fellow
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
17 Russel Square WC1B 5JP, London, UK
www.biicl.org
Main tasks encompassed: legal research and comparative analysis of different legal
frameworks; drafting report and academic writing; supervising interns (Master students and
Ph.D. candidates);
EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
Jul to Oct 2009
Internship
LDGL (League for Human Rights in the Great Lakes Region), Rwanda, Kigali
Researcher in the field of post-genocide justice in Rwanda, particularly charged with
monitoring gacaca courts’ hearings
Mar 2008 to Mar 2010
Completion of legal training
Studio Legale “De Maio-Iuliano” Avellino, Italy.
Curriculum Vitae
Francesca Capone
Jan 2009 to Oct 2013
Joint Doctorate Degree in international law
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, Italy) and Tilburg University (The
Netherlands)
Jan to Jul 2011
Sep to Dec 2010
Visiting fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law
and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany
Visiting fellow at Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Mar to Aug 2010
Visiting fellow at Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Apr to Jun 2008
Visiting fellow at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Sep to Mar 2008
Laurea Specialistica in Giurisprudenza (MA degree in Law), University
of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, final score 110/110 cum laude
Erasmus Programme, University of Cologne, Germany
Feb to Nov 2007
Laurea Triennale in Giurisprudenza (BA degree in law), University of
Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Sep 2002 to Mar 2006
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)
Italian
Other language(s)
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
English
C2
C2
C2
C2
German
B2
C2
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B2
B2
B2
B2
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Basic knowledge of Spanish and French
Lectureship experience
Good communication skills improved through my experience as a lecturer: January 2014 Essential
of Research Design and Academic Writing (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna), September 2013
international law course (BIICL), March 2013 University of London, School of Advanced Studies
(MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights), October to December 2010 Leiden University
(course on children’ rights in armed conflict)
Organisational / managerial skills
Conferences organized in 2012-2013:
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Rapid Response Seminar on the Lubanga decision, 12 September 2012 BIICL, in
partnership with REDRESS (speakers from REDRESS and University of Johannesburg) 
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Conference on the Role of Non-State Actors, 22 May 2013, in partnership with Freshfields
Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (speakers from IOM, Oxford Brookes, Geneva Call) 
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Visiting fellow lunch meetings, BIICL (monthly event) 
Leadership skills: Over the past two years I have acquired significant skills which allow me to
supervise individuals and groups, organise a wide range of activities, for example the didactic
of the Master of Arts in Human Rights and Conflict Management.
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Curriculum Vitae
Job-related skills
Computer skills
Driving licence
Publications
Francesca Capone
Good adaptability and ability to work in a team. Field work experience in Rwanda (July-October
2009) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (July 2010 and July 2011). Peer-review experience: (from April
2011) International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press).
Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ 2000/ XP/Vista, Microsoft Office (Word, Publisher, Excel, Outlook,
Power Point), Macintosh OSX+, iWork08, iLife09, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox,
Safari, Adobe Acrobat Reader e Writer, Google Earth, Nero Express
Class B
April 2014, Representing Victims who are Children before the international Criminal Court,
edited by R. M. Letschert (Springer)
September 2013, ‘Reparations for Education-Related Violations of International Law ‘, BIICL
January 2013 , ‘Remedies in International Law’, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public
International Law, Oxford University Press
January 2012
‘The potential role of TRCs in Granting Reparations for War-affected
Children’,
International Journal of Rule of Law, Transitional Justice and Human Rights, second issue
December 2010, ‘The right to a remedy and reparation for war-affected children, special focus on
BiH’, International Journal of Rule of Law, Transitional Justice and Human Rights, published by
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Pravnik BiH
Forthcoming
‘Prevention and rehabilitation for war-affected children: new
challenges for the
international community’ Journal of Critical Globalization, London University, UK
Presentations
13-15 October 2011 Macerata, Italy, Italian Society of International Law, Paper:: ‘The Impact
of War on Children, focus on Rwanda and BiH’
28-31 July 2011, Sarajevo, BiH. Pravnik Association and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, ‘Human
Rights Law and TJ in BiH. ’ Paper: ‘The potential role of TRCs in Granting Reparations’
25-27 January 2011, Toronto University, Canada. Conference on ‘ International, Transnational and
Transitional Justice.’ Paper: ‘Social movements and Transitional Justice’
14 September 2010, INTERVICT Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Lunch Meeting. Paper
‘Implementing the right to education for war-affected children can have an impact on their
reintegration into war-torn societies?’
1-3 September 2010 , Oxford, UK, Conference on Globalization and International Relations, Merton
College, Paper: ‘Prevention and rehabilitation for war-affected children, exploring
the new challenges for the international community’
Conferences 20132014
28 January 2014, London, UK, New Developments in the Field of Reparations, International
Law Association
4 June 2013, University of London, School of Advanced Legal Studies, conference ‘The
Right to Truth, Justice and Reparation in Latin America’. Paper: 'A tale of Truth ad
Reparation? Discussing Child-Victims before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights'
27-28 June 2013, Vancouver, Canada, conference: 'Consequences of the responsibility of
non-state actors in international law’. Paper: “Discussing Non-State Actors’ ‘obligation’ to
redress HR and IHL violations against children”
25-27 September 2013,Kampala, Uganda, conference: ‘Children and youth affected by armed
conflict: where to go from here?’. Paper: ‘The Right to Reparation for Child-Victims of Armed
Conflict through the Lens of Education’
Curriculum Vitae
Memberships
References
Francesca Capone
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Italian Society of International Law
ICC Victims’ Rights Group
War Child Holland working group (established to draft recommendations on rehabilitation of waraffected children)
Prof. Andrea de Guttry,
Director Masters and Training Programmes Division, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri
della Libertà, 33 I- 56127 PISA, Italy, ph: +39-050 883297, Email: [email protected],
Prof. Rianne Letschert,
Professor of International Law and Deputy Director International Victimology Institute, Tilburg
University, the Netherlands, ph: +31-13 466 36 87, Email: [email protected]
Firenze, 17 febbraio 2014
In fede,