The Team of Diritti e Tutele
We protect rights with expertise, dedication and an international outlook.
Our mission is to support individuals and institutions in their pursuit of justice, in Italy and across Europe.
Professionals devoted to defending your rights
Meet the professionals leading our legal and advocacy work with commitment, experience and a strong focus on the protection of fundamental rights.
Avv. Federico Di Salvo
Human Rights expert in litigation before domestic and supranational courts
Biography
Federico Di Salvo è iscritto all’Ordine degli avvocati di Firenze dal 2009 e patrocina davanti alla Corte Europea dei Diritti dell’Uomo e alle Corti nazionali e Internazionali. È Avvocato Specialista in Tutela dei diritti umani e protezione internazionale ex art. 3 lett. n) D.M. 144/2015 e abilitato al patrocinio davanti alle Magistrature Superiori. Dal 2014 al 2018 è stato Giurista assistente alla Corte Europea dei Diritti dell’Uomo di Strasburgo dove ha istruito e contribuito, tra l’altro, alla decisione di migliaia di casi italiani in materia di equo processo civile e penale.
He graduated in legal philosophy and later obtained a PhD in legal theory and legal history. His professional and academic interests focus on the protection of fundamental rights, the relationship between the individual and public power, legal pluralism, the comparison and coexistence of legal systems, and constitutional developments relating to rights and freedoms in Europe. He has also pursued studies in ecclesiastical and canon law and has collaborated on several occasions with ecclesiastical courts. He trained between Florence and Munich, working with leading legal practices including the administrative law firm of Professor M.P. Chiti, the Tonolli firms in Munich, and SLVB in Florence.
Since 2013, he has lectured and delivered professional training in advocacy and international human rights law for universities, bar associations and specialist legal training schools. He is Teaching Fellow in International Law at the University of Siena and has served as Adjunct Lecturer in International Law at the School of Specialisation for the Legal Professions of the Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro. He is also Teaching Fellow in Legal Philosophy at the University of Florence.
Since 2018, he has been an official trainer for the Council of Europe’s HELP Programme (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals). In that capacity, he contributes to the adaptation of training courses to the Italian legal system for judges, legal professionals and practitioners working in the field of European and international human rights law.
Nel 2024 è stato nominato Console Onorario della Repubblica Federale di Germania in Toscana. L’esercizio delle sue funzioni diplomatico-consolari gli ha valso il premio Gazzetta Diplomatica per “Miglior Console dell’Anno 2024”.
Nel 2026, l’Università Svizzera I.S.F.O.A. Hochshule fuer Sozialwissenschaften und management, lo ha insignito della Laurea “honoris causa” in Scienze Politiche e Relazioni Internazionali per i suoi meriti nell’ambito diplomatico e di attivismo nei diritti umani, nonché per le capacità manageriali del Consolato onorario che dirige.
Dall’anno accademico 2026-2027, l’Istituto Universitario UNICOLLEGE lo ha incaricato come Professore a contratto di “Diplomatic Theory and Practice“.
Avv. Alessandro Dinisi
Human Rights expert in litigation before supranational courts and civil law
Biography
Alessandro Dinisi is a lawyer specialising in human rights protection, litigation before the European Court of Human Rights, and European civil law. He assists individuals and organisations with advocacy, advisory services and strategic litigation at national and supranational levels.
From 2020 to 2025, he provided legal support at the Italian State Advocate General’s Office as an expert assisting the Agent of the Italian Government before the European Court of Human Rights. In that role, he worked in particular on cases concerning property rights, the right to respect for private and family life, with a particular focus on personal data protection, reproductive rights and the recognition of parent-child relationships, as well as environmental and climate litigation. Through this work, he developed in-depth knowledge of the Convention system and of the dynamics of supranational litigation.
He holds a PhD in Legal Sciences, private law curriculum, awarded in 2020 under a joint supervision arrangement with the UNESCO Housing Chair at Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona. His academic and professional work focuses on the justiciability of socio-economic rights, the right to housing, and the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on the categories of civil law.
Since May 2025, he has devoted himself full-time to litigation, advisory and training in the field of fundamental rights, the rule of law and judicial protection of human rights, assisting individuals and organisations in the development of strategic cases at national and international level. He is also Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Pisa. Over the years, he has also taken part in a number of professional training projects for lawyers and judges on the European Convention on Human Rights and judicial dialogue between courts.
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