Mr Gianni Magazzeni

Former Assistant to the Director-General and Head of the UN Human Rights Program in Geneva since 1987, Mr Magazzeni was Special Assistant to the First UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1994-1997.  He is currently Chief of the Universal Periodic Review Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division (1 May 2017 to present), in OHCHR, Geneva.  He was previously OiC of the Field Operation and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD) (2016-2017) and Chief of the Americas, Europe and Central Asia Branch (2010 to 30 April 2017) in OHCHR.  From 2006 to 2007, he was Chief of the Human Rights Component of the United Nations Assistant Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), based in Baghdad. Mr. Magazzeni joined the UN in NYHQ and was Special Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs as of 1985.

Mr Magazzeni graduated from the Yale University, USA, (MA in International Relations).  He had a Fellowship at the University of Bern, Switzerland, after his BA in Political Science at the University of Pisa and at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy.