Ilaria Bottigliero

Ilaria Bottigliero

Director of Policy, Research and Learning at International Development Law Organization (IDLO)

Dr. Ilaria Bottigliero (PhD in International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva) is the Director of Policy, Research and Learning at IDLO. Her responsibilities include oversight of IDLO’s publications, research and learning portfolio, as well as of the thematic areas of expertise on gender, climate justice and health law. In her role, she guides the IDLO Research and Learning department in producing high-level, targeted research, expert knowledge products, identification and analysis of trends in the rule of law and justice sector; contributes to programmatic work with specialized pilot initiatives, quality control of research and policy outputs at the program level; and encourages learning and innovation both internally and externally through knowledge sharing and learning activities, including events, participation in global debates, dissemination of research and production of lessons learned and resources. Prior to joining IDLO, Dr. Bottigliero was Lecturer and Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden, and at the Lund University Faculty of Law, teaching a variety of human rights courses. Dr. Bottigliero was also Lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, where she focused on humanitarian law and gender issues. Dr. Bottigliero has extensive specialized expertise in victims’ rights, gender and international criminal justice, supported by several scholarly publications, including “Redress for Victims of Crimes under International Law”. Dr. Bottigliero is the recipient of the 2010 Worldwide Universities Network International and Comparative Criminal Justice Network Fellowship.