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Biography

Professor Giovanni Chiarini is currently serving as Vice Dean (Research and Graduate Studies) at Alfaisal University College of Law & International Relations in Saudi Arabia. He is also an International Fellow (2022-2024) of the National Institute of Military Justice in Washington, DC (USA), and a Criminal Defense Attorney licensed to practice at international criminal tribunals. He is admitted to the list of the International Criminal Court (ICC) assistants-to-counsel and eligible associate counsel; the list of Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC - EULEX) Specialist Co-Counsel and Victims’ Co-Counsel; and the list of Human Rights Courts, including the roster of counsel for the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. He previously carried out legal consultancy for the United Nations (UNAKRT) regarding the Cambodian Genocide and the Khmer Rouge Trials held at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). He also worked as a scholar-in-residence at Texas Tech University School of Law, Centre for Military Law & Policy (USA), and he recently published a book entitled The Evolution of International Criminal Procedure: From Nuremberg and Tokyo to the International Criminal Court (Routledge, 2024)