Name: Laura Alessandra Nocera

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Name: Laura Alessandra Nocera Date of birth: December 12th, 1985 Place of birth: Varese, Italy Nationality: Italy Gender: Female Address: Via Giuseppe Dezza 13, 21100 Varese (Italy) Phone numbers: 0039.0332.311426; 0039.328.6860523 Email: [email protected] Skype address: Laura Alessandra Nocera

Studies: - 1999/2004: High School Diploma at Liceo Classico "Ernesto Cairoli" (studies in literature, italian, english, history, philosophy, latin, ancient greek, maths and physics, science, art) in Varese (Italy), with a final thesis on the question of exile in history and literature, quotation of 100/100. - 2004/2007: Bachelor Degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Insubria, Como (Italy), in Legal Sciences with a dissertation in Public Comparative Law about the incorporation of European Convention of Human Rights in British law - Human Rights Act 1998. Public discussion on October 12th 2007, quotation of 107/110. - 2007/2009: Master's Degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Insubria, Como (Italy), in Law with a thesis entitled "La tutela dei diritti umani nel Regno Unito" (The protection of human rights in the UK). Public discussion on October 19th 2009, quotation 110/110. - 2013: Master Class from the Faculty of Law, University of Milan (Italy) in the Legal Procedure before the European Court of Human Rights. - 2013: Summer School in Environmental and Comparative Law at the University of Insubria, Como (Italy), in connection with the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Las Vegas, Nevada (USA). - 2016: School for the Legal Profession at Just Legal Services (Milan – Italy), with schedule in Civil Law (theory), Criminal Law (theory) and Criminal Procedure (theory and practice). - December 2013/ May 2017: PhD – Postgraduate Degree in Law and Humanities at the University of Insubria, Como (Italy), with a focus on the question of commons in an interdisciplinary view considering the legal and the philosophical aspects. Winner of a scholarship on December 9th 2013. Research in Public Comparative Law entitled "Il diritto alla terra dei popoli indigeni in prospettiva comparata. Il caso dell'America latina" (The right to tradition land of indigenous peoples in a comparative perspective. The Latin-American case). Public discussion examination on May 10th 2017. Doctoral supervisors: Prof. Angela Di Gregorio (Department of International, Legal and Historical Studies, University of Milan) and Prof. Gabriella Mangione (Department of Law, Economics and Cultures, University of Insubria).

Work Experience: - 2001/2009: volunteer in Red Cross. - 2004: freelance tourist guide for the FAI (Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano). - 2004/2005: freelance collaborator in the monthly newspaper VareseMese. - 2005/2011: private coaching in Italian, Latin, Greek, Philosophy, History, Law, Economics. - 2008/2009: teacher and tutor at CESD s.r.l. for the preparation of High School and University exams in Law and Economics. - 2009/2011: legal practitioner in law firm Adv. Poggio (Varese) and Adv. Beraldo (Varese), with competence in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Civil and Commercial Law, Labour Law and Migration. Admitted to patronage by the Bar Association of Varese (Italy) in February 2011.

1 - 2012/2013: freelance legal consultant for different law firms in Varese and Como. - 2014/today: Lecturer in Public Comparative Law and Elements of Constitutional Law at the Department of Law, Economics and Cultures, University of Insubria, Varese and Como (Italy). - 2014/today: Lecturer in Constitutional Comparative Law at the Department of International, Legal and Historical Studies, University of Milan (Italy). - 2015/today: collaborator for the blog DIPEO (Diritto Pubblico dei Paesi dell'Europa Centro- Orientale; translating: Public Law of the East European Countries), at University of Milan (Italy), with activities in researching on the political and legal changement of East Europe and in writing chronicles of public law. Author of the articles: "Il referendum sulla delegittimazione delle autorità giurisdizionali federali nella Repubblica serba di Bosnia e le crescenti preoccupazioni della comunità internazionale", October 20th, 2015; "Political crisis in Moldova", November 14th, 2015; "Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan", November 14th, 2015; "L'Armenia diventa una repubblica parlamentare?", December 17th, 2015; "Parliamentary elections in Slovakia: the risk of political instability", March 10th, 2016; "The new Slovak government is finally in office", March 25th, 2016; "Slovak government wins confidence vote", April 29th, 2016; "Parliamentary elections in Serbia: towards the entrance in the European Union", April 29th, 2016; "Croatia towards the early general elections", June 24th, 2016; "Local elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the rebirth of nationalism", October 8th, 2016; "Early general elections in Croatia", October 8th, 2016; "Romanian corruption protests and the fate of the new government in office", February 28th, 2017; "Presidential elections in Serbia: a step forward the entrance in the European Union", April 11th, 2017; "Political turmoil in Macedonia", May 3rd, 2017; "A political crisis in the Czech Republic?" (with Prof. Angela Di Gregorio), May 25th, 2017; "Georgia towards a parliamentary republic?", June 23rd, 2017; "A coalition government for Kosovo", September 9th, 2017.

Publications: - "Paraguay. Approvata legge per la restituzione delle terre ancestrali alle popolazioni indigene Sawhoyamaxa" in DPCE online, 3/2014. - "Ultimi orientamenti giurisprudenziali in Argentina sul diritto alla terra delle popolazioni indigene" in DPCE online, 3/2015. - "Un modo per gestire i beni comuni: la terra dei popoli indigeni nelle più recenti esperienze costituzionali dell'America latina" in G. Bottino, M. Cafagno, F. Minazzi (editors), "Contributi e riflessioni sui beni comuni", Mimesis publishing, Milan 2016.

Conferences and Events: Assistant: - 2014, March 13th-14th-15th: assistant in the Third National Congress of S.I.R.D. (Italian Association of Comparative Law Study). - 2014, April 11th-12th: assistant in the Expert Meeting "Climate Change: liability and responsability; what next?" at the University of Insubria, Como, Italy. - 2014, May 19th: assistant in the Workshop on European Criminal Law "Criminal Justice and the European Union: new perspectives for lawyers" at the University of Insubria, Como, Italy. - 2014, June 20th: assistant in the Workshop "Mapuche: struggles and rights on land in Chile and Argentina" at the University of Milan, Italy. - 2014, October 30th-31st: assistant in the Congress of Philosophy – Studies in honour of Giulio Preti at the University of Insubria, Varese, Italy. - 2015, May 4th: assistant in the Congress of Constitutional Law – Studies in honour of Giovanni Bognetti at the University of Milan, Italy. - 2016, January 26th: assistant in the Round Table "Secessionism and Federalism" at the University of Milan, Italy. - 2016, February 16th-17th: assistant in the Congress of Philosophy – Perspectives on commons –

2 at the University of Insubria, Varese, Italy. - 2016, May 12th-13th: assistant and organizative committee in the VII Encuentro Internacional EMPI – “Pueblos indigenas y desigualdades: entre crecimiento y crisis socioeconomicas” – at the University of Milan, Italy. - 2016, November 16th: assistant and organizative committee in the Conference "Law and Policy in Latin America" at the University of Milan, Italy. - 2017, September 11th-12th: assistant in the II Simposio Internacional de Estudios Patagonicos – “Repensando la experiencia local, regional y nacional y transnacional en América Latina. Historia de identidades, imaginarios y representaciones sobre y desde la Patagonia Argentina” – at the University of Milan, Italy.

Relator: - 2015, May 29th: relator in the Conference "A study about commons" in University of Insubria, Como, Italy. Title of the essay: "Un modo per gestire i beni comuni: la terra dei popoli indigeni nelle più recenti esperienze costituzionali dell'America latina" (A way of managing commons: indigenous land rights in the recent Latin-American Constitutions). - 2017, March 30th-31st: relator in the Conference "Rethinking difference" in Newcastle University, UK. Title of the essay: "Indigenous Land Right in New Latin-American Constitutions. From the protection of indigenous rights to the consideration of land as a 'common': the development of the Nuevo Constitucionalismo". - 2017, October 20th: relator in the Conference “10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Reviewing progress and challenges” at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, Senate House, London, UK. Title of the essay: “The influence of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007 in the jurisprudence of the Interamerican Court”.

Languages: - Native: Italian. - Advanced Level: English (awarded a Certificate of Advanced English CAE – C1 from the University of Cambridge and prepared for the ILEC – International Legal English Certificate). - Intermediate Level: Spanish (awarded a Diploma de Nivel Intermedio B1 from the Instituto Cervantes in Madrid); and French. - Starter Level: German.

Hobbies: - Literature, reading, writing, theatres, cinema, museums and music. I play piano and guitar. I also love travel. I write a personal blog about politics, literature and journeys.