Domenico Zipoli

Domenico Zipoli is a PhD Candidate in Law at the University of Oslo and a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights. His doctoral project focuses on causal mechanisms related to National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) engagement with the UN Human Rights treaty body system.

More specifically, he is currently investigating the impact and modes of influence which NHRI engagement have on treaty body recommendations; and the impact and modes of influence which NHRI engagement with the UN human rights treaty bodies have on domestic human rights standards.

Previously, Domenico has worked as Research Assistant with the Geneva Academy's Academic Platform on Treaty Body Review 2020. He was also research assistant at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and research trainee at the European Union's Fundamental Rights Agency. He also worked for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Human Rights Treaties Division), as well as for two NHRI (the Mongolian Human Rights Commission and the Defensoria del Pueblo of Ecuador).

Domenico holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Exeter and a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Human Rights Law from Lund University.