Chiara Macchi, Ph. D. - Scuola Superiore Sant`Anna

Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Chiara Macchi
Chiara Macchi, Ph. D.
Pisa (Italy)
[email protected]
+39 3496702209
Nationality Italian
WORK EXPERIENCE
2015-present
Postdoctoral researcher in International Human Rights Law
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa, Italy)
2014-2015
Lecturer in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Master in Human Rights and Conflict Management, DIRPOLIS Institute, Sant’Anna School of
Advanced Studies (Pisa, Italy).
Teaching an introductory course on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights; assisting students in the preparation of the final exam; interviewing and marking students
during the final exam. Working language: English.
10 April 2015
Lecturer in Business and Human Rights
Academic course: “Business and Society”, University of Pisa, Faculty of Economics and Management
Teaching one lecture on the topic “Respecting human rights in global value chains: current challenges
for businesses”. Working language: English.
8 July 2014
Lecturer on the topic: “The UN process on Business and Human Rights: past,
present and future challenges”
Master (M.A.) in nuovi orizzonti di Cooperazione e Diritto Internazionale, Focsiv - Pontificia Università
Lateranense, Rome.
The lecture aimed at familiarizing the students with the evolving UN agenda on business and human
rights, starting from the early initiatives, presenting in depth the UN Guiding Principles on Business
and Human Rights and introducing current developments, such as the recent proposal for a binding
business and human rights treaty. This lecture took place in Italian language.
September 2013
and September 2014
Lecturer on the European Convention on Human Rights
Summer course “The European System of Human Rights Protection”, Europa-Universität Viadrina
(Frankfurt-Oder, Germany). Working language: English.
Teaching two lectures and two seminars on the right to private and family life under the ECHR.
July 2013
June 2014
June 2015 (forthc.)
June 2013
Lecturer in Business and Human Rights
Master in Business Administration, University of Pisa, Faculty of Economics and Management.
Teaching a 6-hour course on Business and Human Rights; preparing the final exam questions.
Working language: English.
Teaching assistant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Master in Human Rights and Conflict Management, DIRPOLIS Institute, Sant’Anna School of
Advanced Studies (Pisa, Italy).
Interviewing and assessing students during the final exam. Working language: English.
May 2013
Lecturer in Business and Human Rights
Academic course “Business & Society”, University of Pisa, Faculty of Economics and Management.
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Teaching two classes titled “Human Rights in the global value chain”; preparing the final exam
questions. Working language: English.
January - May 2013
Consultant for the Italian Ministry of Economic Development
Italian Ministry of Economic Development; Italian OECD National Contact Point.
As part of a research team with Dr. Claudia Cinelli and Damiano De Felice (supervision of Prof.
Andrea de Guttry, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies), produced the report “Imprese e Diritti
Umani: il caso Italia” (business and human rights in Italy) that will serve as the basis for the
forthcoming National Plan on Business and Human Rights of the Italian Government. The report was
officially presented at the Italian Parliament on 13 November 2013 (see here).
Funding awarded for the project: 30’000 euros.
October 2012-present
Project associate of the Essex Business and Human Rights Project (EBHR)
University of Essex, School of Law (Colchester, UK). Project Director: Prof. Sheldon Leader.
As part of this team, worked on: amicus curiae submission to the UK OECD National Contact Point
regarding the human rights impact of a coal mine project in Bangladesh; a project on Afghanistan’s
Mineral Law reform and its impact on human rights; a project on gold mining and human rights in
Senegal; child labour in the cotton production of Uzbekistan.
December 2012
Consultant for GES on business and human rights
GES – Global Engagement Services
External consultant (in team with Prof. Sheldon Leader, University of Essex) on the issue of
corporate human rights due diligence.
June 2012
Lecturer in International Law
Postgraduate program in Health Professions of Prevention Sciences, Medical School, University of
Pisa.
Teaching a 16-hour International Law course. Working language: Italian.
September 2010 – January 2011
Research Intern at “Business and Human Rights Resource Centre” (unpaid
position)
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 1 Charlotte Street, London (UK)
- Doing research on violations of human rights perpetrated by transnational corporations;
- Helping with the organisation of events and, in particular, of the conference (London, 16th
November 2010) during which the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on business
and human rights, Prof. J. Ruggie, first presented the launch of the final report of his mandate,
published in 2011.
- Daily updating the online database.
November 2009 – February 2010
Research Intern at the European Union Delegation to Namibia – ECOSOC
Section (unpaid position)
European Union Delegation to Namibia, 2 Newton Street, Windhoek (Namibia)
(a) Doing research on the situation of children’s rights in Namibia, with special focus on the right to
education;
(b) Attending meetings with representatives of the Namibian Government and civil society in order to
discuss future projects and advocate for an increased inclusivity of the Namibian education system;
(c) Evaluating the concept notes assigned for assessment to the Delegation in the framework of the
Europaid global Call for Proposals "Investing in People – Children's Participation"
(EuropeAid/129133/C/ACT/Multi);
(d) Following and reporting to the Section on the court case initiated by nine opposition political
parties challenging the official results of the 2009 Namibian assembly and presidential elections.
May 2009 – July 2011
Member of the editorial board of the online bulletin “Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo”
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa, Italy).
Writing articles providing scientific insight on issues of particular relevance for the developing
countries. Coordinating external contributions to the contents of the bulletin.
September 2008 – March 2010
Researcher in support to the activities of the “Tavolo per l’Africa” (Roundtable for
Africa) of the Region Tuscany for CIRPAC
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CIRPAC - Centro interuniversitario di ricerca per la pace, l’analisi e la mediazione dei conflitti (Interacademic centre for research on peace, conflict analysis and mediation) http://www.cirpac.it/firenze/
Drafting analysis on African governmental policies and on the situation of economic, social and cultural
rights in given African countries; keeping contacts with the Africa-focused NGOs of the Tuscany
region; proposing future cooperation strategies in targeted countries; mapping cooperation activities of
subjects of the Region Tuscany in targeted African countries.
VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES
April 2011; April 2010; March-April
2009
Teacher for UNICEF-Pisa
Two secondary schools of the Pisa province (“Liceo Tecnico Pesenti” and “Scuola Magistrale
G.Carducci”).
Teaching seminars in five secondary-school classes. The seminars were centered on the
implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic for Sub-Saharian Africa’s development as well as on the
issue of the access to drugs in developing and least developed Countries, with specific focus on
gender issues. Working language: Italian.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
18 February 2015
PhD in International Law (PhD Program: Politics, Human Rights and
Sustainability)
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa, Italy).
Title of PhD dissertation: “Human Rights and Transnational Corporations Legal and policy avenues for
the protection of human rights in global supply chains” (language: English). PhD awarded with the final
mark of 100/100 cum laude.
18-22 November 2013
Advanced Course on the Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, Turku-Åbo (Finland)
October 2012 – March 2013;
October 2013 - December 2013
Visiting PhD student at the University of Essex
University of Essex, School of Law (Colchester, UK). Supervisor: Prof. Sheldon Leader.
During these periods, carried out extensive research for the PhD thesis and became a project
associate of the Essex Business and Human Rights Project.
1-10 July 2010
Summer school: “Venice School of Human Rights” – Course: “Business and
Human Rights”
EIUC – European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice (Italy)
January 2009 - 15 March 2010
M.A. in “Human Rights and Conflict Management”
9,125/10
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa, Italy).
Title of dissertation: “When You Educate a Woman, You Educate a Nation – Namibian Policies on
Learner Pregnancy”.
14 October 2008
M.A. (Laurea Specialistica) in Politics and International Relations
110/110 cum laude
University of Pisa, Faculty of Political Sciences (Pisa, Italy).
Title of dissertation: “Sovranità alimentare a rischio nell’Africa occidentale. Politiche e accordi di
pesca” (“Food sovereignty at risk in West Africa. Fisheries policies and agreements”).
3 July 2006
B.A. (Laurea Triennale) in Political and International Sciences
110/110 cum laude
University of Pisa, Faculty of Political Sciences (Pisa, Italy).
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Title of dissertation: “La Guerra delle Banane: Ue v. Paesi ACP” (“The Banana Wars: EU vs. ACP
Countries”).
2004 - 2005
Visiting student at the Royal Holloway College, University of London
(UK) – Erasmus program
Royal Holloway College, University of London, Egham (UK)
Attended courses and took exams in the Departments of History and European Studies.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)
Italian
Other language(s)
English
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
Listening
Reading
C2
C2
WRITING
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
C2
C2
C2
IELTS 8.0
French
B1
B2
B1
B1
B2
German
A1
A1
A1
A1
A1
Computer skills
▪ Good command of Windows operating system, MacIntosh operating system and Windows Microsoft
Office (Word, Excel, Access e PowerPoint). Excellent ability to perform online research and manage
electronic databases.
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Main publications
Chiara Macchi
Chapter in a book (as co-author):
Giuliani E., Macchi C., Fiaschi D. (2013) “Corporate Social Irresponsibility in International Business”, in
International Business and Sustainable Development, Ed. van Tulder R., Verbeke A., Strange R.,
Progress in International Business Research, Volume 8, European International Business Academy
(EIBA)/Emerald, 7 January 2014.
Article (as co-author):
Giuliani, E., Macchi, C., Multinational corporations’ economic and human rights impacts on developing
countries: a review and research agenda, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2014, Vol. 38, no. 2, p.
479-517, doi:10.1093/cje/bet060.
Article:
Macchi, C., Imprese multinazionali, violazioni ambientali e diritti individuali: la sentenza Shell della Corte
distrettuale dell’Aja (Multinational corporations, environmental damage and individual rights: The Hague
District Court’s ruling in the Shell case), Diritti Umani e Diritto Internazionale, 2013, vol. 8, n. 2, 517-524.
Research papers (as co-author):
Cinelli, C., De Felice, D., Macchi, C., “Imprese e Diritti Umani: il caso Italia – Analisi del Quadro
Normativo e delle Politiche di Salvaguardia”, first published online on 14 November 2013.
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Business_Human_Rights_Italy
Paper:
Macchi, C., Complicità delle Multinazionali nella Violazione di Diritti Umani: la Controversia sullo
Standard di Mens Rea da Applicare nei Casi ATS (Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses: The
Controversy Over the Mens Rea Standard Applicable Under the Alien Tort Statute), SSRN, June 11,
2012.
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2081758
Article (as co-author):
Fiaschi, Davide; Elisa Giuliani; Chiara Macchi and Oriana Perrone, Corporate Social Responsibility
and Human Rights Abuses. A comparison of the Strategies adopted by Advanced Country and BRIC
Multinationals, Politeia, n. 106, 2012.
Paper (as co-author):
Fiaschi, Davide; Elisa Giuliani; Chiara Macchi et al., To abuse or not to abuse. This is the question.
On whether Social Corporate Responsibility influences human rights abuses of large Multinational
Corporations (1990-2006), LEM Working Paper Series, June 2011.
http://www.lem.sssup.it/WPLem/2011-13.html
Conferences/Presentations
“Imprese e Diritti Umani: il caso Italia” (business and human rights in Italy), Italian Parliament (Rome),
13 November 2013.
During the conference, the report “Imprese e Diritti Umani: il caso Italia” (by Damiano de Felice, Chiara
Macchi and Claudia Cinelli) was presented and discussed.
Member of the Research Team for the Cumberland Colloquium “Measuring the Corporate
Responsibility to Respect Human Rights”, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor (UK), 7 October 2013.
“Business Experiences and Social Responsibilities” Conference. Monash University Prato Centre, 2425 September 2012.
Presented a paper on the topic: “Ensuring Respect of Human Rights in the Supply Chain: the
Challenge of Establishing Standards at the International and EU Level”.
PhD Seminar Series, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, 12 June 2013 (speaker and member of
the organizing committee).
Title of the presentation: “Corporate responsibility for human rights violations in the supply chain:
between moral and legal obligations”.
References
University of Essex (Colchester, UK):
Prof. Sheldon Leader ([email protected])
University of Pisa:
Prof. Elisa Giuliani ([email protected])
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ANNEX
Chiara Macchi
Driver’s licence
Annex I – Other publications (scroll down to page 7)
Last updated: April 2015
Date: April 8, 2015
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ANNEX I - Other
publications
Chiara Macchi
Article: Il forum di dialogo IBSA (The IBSA dialogue forum), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo (Online bulletin for
development aid operators, issued monthly by the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies), n. 64, July 2011;
Article: Acqua: bene economico o diritto? (Water: market good or human right?), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 62,
February 2011.
Article: Petrolio e sviluppo (Oil and development), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 61, January 2011.
Article: Il Seoul Development Consensus for Shared Growth, Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 60, December 2010.
Article: Il summit sugli Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio (The MDGs summit), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 58,
October 2010.
Article: Il G20 di Toronto: i risultati ottenuti e le occasioni perse (The Toronto G20 Summit: results achieved and missed
opportunities), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 57, September 2010.
Article: "Salute e MDGs" (Health and the MDGs), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n.55, June 2010.
Article: La cooperazione decentrata italo-burkinabé (The Italy-Burkina Faso decentralized cooperation), Inform@zione
per lo Sviluppo, n. 53, April 2010.
Articles: La salute come motore di co-sviluppo (Health as the engine of co-development); Il processo di riconciliazione in
Iraq (The process of reconciliation in Iraq), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 52, March 2010.
Article: Il vertice mondiale FAO sulla sicurezza alimentare (The FAO summit on food security), Inform@zione per lo
Sviluppo, n. 49, December 2009.
Article: Sri Lanka, India – Azioni di sviluppo sostenibile in ottica di infanzia e genere nelle aree colpite dallo tsunami del 26
Dicembre 2004 (Sri Lanka, India – Interventions of sustainable development with a focus on women and children in the
areas hit by the tsunami), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 48, November 2009.
Articles: Lo sviluppo dell’approccio territoriale alla cooperazione (The evolution of the territorial approach to cooperation);
Il bilancio del sistema toscano di cooperazione e le sue prospettive future (An assessment of the cooperation system of
the Region Tuscany and its future perspectives), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 47, October 2009.
Article: Armonizzazione e coordinamento: le nuove sfide della lotta all’HIV-AIDS (Harmonizing and coordinating: the new
challenges for the struggle on HIV-AIDS), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 46, September 2009.
Article: Land grabbing – la corsa alla terra (Land grabbing – the race to the land), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 45,
July 2009.
Article: Le sfide della cooperazione nelle aree di crisi (The challenges to development aid interventions in crisis areas),
Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 44, June 2009.
Article: Sovranità alimentare e filiera corta: le nuove sfide dell’agricoltura africana (Food sovereignty and short supply
chain: the new challenges for African agriculture), Inform@zione per lo Sviluppo, n. 43, May 2009.
Reports drafted as Cirpac researcher between Sept. 2008 and Febr. 2009 (available on: http://www.cirpac.it/africa.php):
- “Il quadro della cooperazione comunitaria in Burkina Faso” (“The framework of the EU cooperation in Burkina Faso”);
- “L’approccio del Burkina Faso al decentramento” (“The approach of Burkina Faso to decentralization”);
- “L’intervento della Banca Mondiale in Burkina Faso” (“The World Bank intervention in Burkina Faso – The general
framework”);
- “L’intervento dell’Undp in Burkina Faso – Quadro generale” (“The UNDP intervention in Burkina Faso – The general
framework”);
- “La promozione della buona governance nei documenti strategici governativi del Burkna Faso” (“The promotion of good
governance in the strategic governmental documents of Burkina Faso”);
- “Le politiche di gestione dell’acqua in Burkina Faso” (“The water-management policies in Burkina Faso”);
- Mapping of the international development aid interventions in Burkina Faso;
- Mapping of the Italian governmental development aid interventions in Burkina Faso;
- Mapping of the Italian NGOs interventions in Burkina Faso;
- Mapping of the Tuscany decentralized cooperation operating in Burkina Faso.
Article: Accorciare le filiere (Shortening supply chains), Nigrizia (Italian magazine specialized on African issues), May
2008.
April 8, 2015.
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