About NPWJ

Dr. Niccolò A. Figà-Talamanca is the program director of No Peace Without Justice, responsible for policy development and operational management of the projects of the organisation. He holds a PhD in International Criminal Law from the University of Palermo, a LL.M. in International Law from the University of Nottingham, a Laurea in International Studies from the University of Bologna and a Bachelors of Arts with Honours from the University of Leeds. As part of the NPWJ JAP Program, he has represented the Government of  Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1998 Rome Diplomatic Conference establishing the International Criminal Court and subsequent Preparatory Commissions, and the Republic of Sierra Leone in the negotiations with the United Nations to establish the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Before joining No Peace Without Justice in May 1998, he was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York and worked for the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (now Human Rights First) as their International Criminal Court consultant. From 1995 to 1997, he clerked for Sir Ninian Stephen, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.