Francesco Cappè
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) is a United Nations
United Nations
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official and Head, Security Governance/Counter-Terrorism for the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute is one of the five United Nations Research and Training Institutes. The Institute was founded in 1968 to assist the international community in formulating and implementing improved policies in the field of crime prevention and...
(UNICRI). He is a member of the UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) of the UN General Assembly.
Biography
Francesco Cappè graduated in Law with a thesis on international lawInternational law
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at the University of Pisa
University of Pisa
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, Italy. After attending specialization courses of international relations
International relations
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at the European University Institute
European University Institute
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(Fiesole
Fiesole
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, Italy) and the University of Florence
University of Florence
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, he became associate researcher of the University of Pisa and then Vice -Director of the Center for Human Rights University of Pisa. Since 2001, Cappè has been employed as UN staff by UNICRI (located in Turin
Turin
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, Italy) working in the field of security governance and anti-terrorism. In addition, he taught in seminars and courses in several universities, i.e. Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
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in its Washington D.C. campus.
Publications
Cappè works as scientific director of the book series "Terrorism, Intelligence and Security" for Franco Angeli Edizioni, Milan, Italy. He participated in the publication of "Forum on crime and society", UNODCUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
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publication volume4, numer1-2, Dec. 2004, published in seven languages.