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Matteo Mecacci

Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
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