Board of Directors
Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers
In accordance with its Statute, YICL is led by a group of young professionals. They sit on the Board of the Association and manage its day-to-day operations.
Angelo Stirone - President
Angelo is an Italian qualified lawyer registered at the Bologna Bar Association. He is currently working as a lawyer at the Law Firm of Professor Gamberini in Bologna (Studio Legale Gamberini) where he primarily litigates criminal law cases. Prior to moving to Bologna, Angelo worked at Volterra Fietta in London, where he had the opportunity to advise sovereign States, State-owned companies and private parties in international dispute resolution proceedings, as well as in contentious and non-contentious matters under public international law. In particular, he was involved in various cases before the International Court of Justice and the ICSID Tribunal, and worked on many matters concerning International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law. Angelo also worked at the Office of The Prosecutor of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, on the case of Prosecutor v. Stanišić & Simatović. He holds a law degree from the University of Bologna and an Advanced LL.M. in Public International Law from the University of Leiden. His thesis: “Hacking and International Law: the Anonymous group and the Syrian Electronic Army” has been published in the Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict. He has also published articles and papers in various high-ranked journals. He is a native Italian speaker, fluent in English and Spanish, and has a basic knowledge of French.
Shireen Priya Meghe – Vice President
Shireen is an Indian qualified lawyer registered with the Bar Council of India since 2018. She is currently working as a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Foundation of International Peace and Rule of Law, Heidelberg, Germany. She has previously worked as an advocate in India, and as a Legal Consultant with Global Rights Compliance, LLP based in The Hague. Shireen has also worked at the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, as part of the defence team of Mr Stanišić under the lead counsel Mr Wayne Jordash QC in the case of Prosecutor v. Stanišić & Simatović. She holds an integrated bachelor’s of arts and bachelor’s of law degree from Symbiosis International University, India and an Advanced L.L.M. in Public International Law from Leiden University, with a specialization in International Criminal Law. Her areas of interest are prosecution of terrorism as an international crime, and capacity building of the global south for international criminal litigation. She fluently speaks English, Hindi, Bengali and has a working level proficiency in French.
Dr Gustavo Minervini – Treasurer
Gustavo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Law at the Università degli Studi di Torino, where he is working on a project titled International legal obligations related to prevention, preparedness, response and recovery from CBRN events and the status of their implementation in Italy. He holds a combined LL.B. and LL.M. (summa cum laude) from the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, and Advanced LL.M. in Public International Law (cum laude) from Leiden University, and a Ph.D. in International Law (excellent) from the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. His research interests span International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law, and International Investment Law & Arbitration. He has already published in several prestigious international law journals such as Diritti umani e diritto internazionale, the Human Rights Law Review, Giurisprudenza italiana, the ICSID Review, the Italian Review of International and Comparative Law, the Italian Yearbook of International Law, the Leiden Journal of International Law, the European Yearbook of International Economic Law. In July 2019, Gustavo was Visiting Ph.D. at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and attended the Summer Courses of the International Academy for Arbitration Law. From January to July 2021, he spent six months at the International Criminal Court, carrying out his research while assisting Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala (Pre-Trial Chamber II). He fluently speaks Italian, English and Spanish, and he has a basic knowledge of French. Since December 2020, he is an Italian qualified lawyer, having passed the Italian Bar Exam.
Arif Erkut Özkan
Arif Erkut is a lawyer registered at the Ankara Bar Association and the Union of Turkish Bar Associations since 2017. He holds an LL.B. degree from Ankara University Faculty of Law and a B.Sc. degree from Anadolu University on International Relations. He has received two master degrees, one from the M.Sc. program of Ankara University on the European Union and International Economic Relations, specialization in the EU law, and the other from the Advanced LL.M. program of Leiden University in Public International Law, specialization in Peace, Justice and Development. Erkut is currently serving as the Associate Legal Officer at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Türkiye. His areas of interest cover international public law, international refugee law, international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law and international arbitration. He is a native Turkish speaker, fluent in English and he has working level French proficiency.
Georgina Bonacera
Georgina is an Argentinian qualified lawyer who specialises in criminal law and international criminal law. She holds a specialisation degree in criminal law from Torcuato Di Tella’s University and an Advanced LL.M in Public International Law (cum laude) from Leiden University, specialized in international criminal law. She currently holds a senior position in the Office of one of Argentina’s Federal Prosecutors where she deals with cases related to, among others, corruption, human trafficking, crimes against humanity and sexual exploitation. She participated in the Argentinian investigation stemming from the Panama Papers scandal, the Argentinian implications of Brazilian Lava Jato (Odebrecht) and is currently investigating crimes against humanity committed during the last Argentinian de facto government. Additionally, she teaches a seminar on comparative law at the Instituto Universitario de la Policía Federal Argentina. Her areas of interest cover international criminal law, international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Her work has been published in the electronic law journal Revista Electrónica de Estudios Penales y de la Seguridad. She is a native Spanish speaker, fluent in English and has a basic knowledge of French.
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