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Profile in members database: Maria Grazia GIAMMARINARO
E-mail: Italy@ewla.org
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I was born in Palermo on June 23rd, 1953.
In 1975 I graduated in Literature at the Department of Sociology, University of Palermo. In 1977 and 1978 I worked in the Department of Sociology (Faculty of Political Science) as a tutor.
From 1978 and 1984 I worked as a social researcher in some projects, including projects coordinated by the IRSI (Istituto di Ricerche sui Problemi dello Stato e delle Istituzioni) in Rome.
From 1984 to 1991 I was a teacher of Italian and History in High Schools in the province of Rome.
In 1986 I graduated in Law at the Department of Civil Law of the University of Palermo.
In 1991 I entered the Judiciary as an assessor.
From 1992 to 1996 I worked as a criminal law judge in Rome.
From 1996 to 2001 I was Head of the Legislative Office of the Minister for Equal Opportunities. I drafted the Italian legislation on Domestic violence, Immigration and Trafficking in human beings, Women and children in detention, Parental leave, Women in the Armed Forces, Gender discrimination at work, Establishment of a National Body for anti-discrimination policies on any grounds. I also drafted bills on cohabitation, gender statistics, civil action against all forms of discrimination and criminal provisions on trafficking in human beings.
Since December 2001 I am a Judge for Preliminary Investigation at the Criminal Court in Rome.
In May 2002 the Directorate General of Human Rights – DG II of the Council of Europe asked me to submit to the Committee of the Ministers a Feasibility Study for a Convention of the Council of Europe on Trafficking in Human Beings. The Feasibility Study was submitted and approved by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in 2003.
Since September 2003 I participate in the meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CAHTEH) as the scientific expert of the Secretariat of the Council of Europe – Directorate General of Human Rights.
I am Vice-president of the Women Lawyers Association “GIUdIT – Giuriste d’Italia”, composed of judges, prosecutors, attorneys and professors of law
Since 2003 I am a member of the Committee for Equal Opportunities established by the National Superior Council of the Judiciary
From 1997 to 2001 I directed the Legal Group within the Interministerial Coordination Committee of the Government Action against Trafficking in Women and Children, co-chaired by the Minister for Equal Opportunities and the Minister for Social Solidarity.
From 1997 to 1999 I was a member of the Italian delegation at the Committee on the elaboration of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
In June/July 1998 I was a member of the Italian delegation at the Conference of Rome in which The Statute of the International Criminal Court was approved.
In 1998 I contributed to the definition of the Italy – U.S. agreement on trafficking in human beings and coordinated all the sessions of the Bilateral Working Group.
From 1999 to 2000 I was a member of the Italian delegation within the “Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of a Convention against Transnational Organized Crime” at the U.N. Commission for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna, particularly working on the Protocol on Trafficking in Persons.
In 1999-2000 I attended all the G-8 meetings of the Lyon Group, concerning transnational organized crime, in particular of the sub-group on smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons.
From 2000 to 2002 I was vice-president of the National Committee that collaborates with the Chief of Defence in the activities of coordination and evaluation of the recruitment and integration of female voluntary military personnel in the Armed Forced.
In February 2001 I contributed to the organization of the Seminar Italy-US-Albania on Preventing Trafficking in Persons, aimed at training of law enforcement officials and prosecutors.
In 2001 I was president of the “Women, Health, HIV” Committee.
From 2002 to 2004 I participated as a legal expert in a project of the Council of Europe on Criminal Law Reform on Trafficking in Human Beings in Eastern European countries (LARA Project).
Rome, February 2005
List of publications of Maria Grazia Giammarinaro
Diritto leggero e autonomia procreativa. La maternità di sostituzione, (Soft Law and Autonomy in Reproduction. The Surrogate Motherhood) in Democrazia e diritto, La legge e il corpo, 1, 1996;
Gruppo giuriste Virginia Woolf B., Nuccia Cappuccio, Delia Cardia, Nunzia D'Elia, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Nicoletta Morandi, Per un diritto leggero. Esperienze di giustizia e criterio di equità (For a Soft Law. Judicial Experiences and Equity) Democrazia e diritto, La legge e il corpo, 1, 1996;
Prospettive della procreazione artificiale (An Approach to Assisted Reproduction), relazione per l'incontro di studio del Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, Frascati, 1997.
Il consenso del paziente nella sperimentazione clinica (The Informed Consent in Medical Experimentation), relazione per l'incontro di studio del Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, Frascati, 1998.
L'attuazione della legge sulla privacy nel contesto dell'attività medica (The Implementation of the Right of Privacy in the Medical Activity), relazione al congresso della Società italiana di neurologia, Pisa, 1999.
Distinzioni terminologiche per una legislazione leggera sulla procreazione assistita (Different Approaches to a Soft Law on Assisted Reproduction), in Bioetica, Anno VII, N.2, 1999.
Il permesso di soggiorno per motivi di protezione sociale previsto dall'art. 18 del T.U. sull'immigrazione, (The Residence Permit on the Grounds of Social Protection for Victims of Trafficking in Persons) in Diritto, Immigrazione e Cittadinanza, N. 4. 1999.
Traffico di persone e nuove mafie (Trafficking in Persons and the New Mafia), relazione al convegno il traffico degli esseri umani e il ruolo della criminalità organizzata, in Reset, 1999.
La carta di autodeterminazione: un aiuto alla professione medica? (The Chart of Self-Determination: a Help for Medical Profession?) relazione al convegno della Consulta di Bioetica, Milano, Bioetica 1999.
La rappresentazione simbolica della tratta come riduzione in schiavitù, (Trafficking in Persons as a New Form of Enslavement), in F. Carchedi, A. Piccolini, G. Mottura, G. Campani (a cura di),"I colori della notte", Milano, Angeli, 2000.
Senso del vivere e condizioni del morire (The Meaning of Life and the Condition of Dying), introduzione al seminario tenuto presso il Dipartimento pari opportunità, 16 febbraio 2000.
Neo schiavismo, servitù e lavoro forzato: uno sguardo internazionale (New Slavery, Servitude and Forced Labor: an International Approach), in "Questione Giustizia" N. 3, 2000.
Divieto di discriminazione, differenze, pari opportunità (Principle of Non Discrimination, Differences, Equal Opportunities), in "Questione Giustizia" N. 4, 2000.
Prime valutazioni sull'attuazione delle norme sul traffico di persone (First Evaluation on the Implementation of the Legislation on Trafficking in Persons), in "Diritto Immigrazione e Cittadinanza" n. 3, 2000.
La Corte Penale Internazionale e i diritti delle donne (The International Criminal Court and Women’s Rights), in "Sul genere dei diritti umani. Riflessioni sull'impunità dei crimini contro le donne: il ruolo della Corte Criminale Internazionale, in Caucus delle donne - CISP, Roma, dicembre 2000.
Percorsi di autoprogettazione (A Way Towards Self-Determination), in Resistenze. Soggettività delle donne tra passato e presente Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per le pari opportunità, 2001.
Gli accordi di convivenza. Un possibile approccio giuridico all’autoregolamento delle relazioni di coppia (The Living Together Agreements: an Approach to Self-Regulation of Relationships), in M.R. Marella, M.G. Giammarinaro, J. Rubellin-Devichi, V. Zambrano, F. Grillini, C. Forder, J.K.A. Dinesen, D.J. West, P. Adam, Stare insieme. I regimi giuridici della convivenza tra status e contratto, Jovene, 2001.
Libertà di costruzione della sfera personale e Carta europea dei diritti fondamentali (Freedom of Self-Determination in the Personal Sphere and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights) in Bioetica, n. 4, 2001.
La servitù domestica (Domestic Servitude), Milano, Angeli, 2003
I diritti delle vittime nel processo penale, con particolare riferimento alle vittime del traffico di persone (The rights of victims in criminal proceedings, in particular in cases of trafficking in persons), in Diritto, Immigrazione e Cittadinanza, n. 3, 2004
Riflessioni sull’applicazione della legge 11 agosto 2003, n. 228 “Misure contro la tratta di persone”. Aspetti positivi e nodi critici (Notes on the implemetation of the Law 11.08.03, n. 228 “Measures against trafficking in persons”), in corso di pubblicazione in Questioone Giustizia, 2005
Il trattamento penale della sfera psichica ed emotiva della vittima dei reati di violenza psicologica e sessuale (Penal law and and the emotions of the victim of psychological and sexual violence), in corso di pubblicazione in Cassazione Penale, 2005
Rome, January 2005
Profile in members database: Maria Grazia GIAMMARINARO
E-mail: Italy@ewla.org
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