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Matteo Mecacci

Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
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Matteo Mecacci, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
(OSCE)

Matteo Mecacci was appointed as ODIHR Director in December 2020. 

Education

  • JD in International Law at the University of Florence (1995-2001)

Career

  • Director, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), December 2020 to present
  • President, International Campaign for Tibet, 2013 – 2020
  • Head of Mission of OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission for Presidential Elections in Georgia, 2013
  • Member of the Italian Parliament, Foreign Affairs Committee and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCEPA), 2008– 2013
  • Representative to the United Nations in New York of “No Peace Without Justice” and the “Transnational Radical Party”, 2000-2008

Languages

  • Italian (mother tongue)
  • English

Former directors