Meet our External Contributors

Ms. Giulia Russo Wälti

​Giulia Russo Wälti is currently pursuing her Master in Public Management, with a previous Bachelor Diploma in International Relations at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

She worked as a multilateral diplomatic intern at the Permanent Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva and previously as an intern at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, Germany.

She has been passionate about international cooperation and development  for several years and has a keen interest on identifying solutions to solve increasingly transboundary challenges to the contemporary global order through an holistic and sustainable approach.
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Ms. Russo Wälti worked on field as project manager in collaboration with local NGOs in Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and Switzerland. Furthermore, she is fluent in French, English, Italian, German and Spanish.

Ms. Daniella Yuna

Daniella Yuna is a human rights and humanitarian professional currently working as a civil law paralegal in Manhattan, New York.

Yuna was born in Seoul, South Korea, with academic parents. She graduated degree with Magna Cum Laude from the Catholic University of America, major in International Politics and French.

She is set to enroll in a law school in autumn. In prior to this, she worked at the House of Commons, the United Kingdom, and the UN Human Rights Council Presidency in Geneva, Switzerland.

Ms. Alice Civitella

Alice Civitella is a neo-graduate student from the II level Master on International Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflicts held in partnership with the University of Turin and the Centre of Higher Defense Studies in Rome. Graduating with honors, she presented a final dissertation on the respect of the principle of distinction in modern urban warfare scenarios.

After her bachelor’s degree in Political Sciences and International Relations, she graduated with the highest grade from the Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance at the University of Padova, with a final dissertation entitled “Violations of International Humanitarian Law in the Yemeni conflict: siege as a war crime”. After her studies, she took different courses on humanitarian intervention in conflict areas, International Criminal Law, and International Humanitarian Law, such as the Summer Course on International Humanitarian Law of the San Remo International Institute of International Humanitarian Law, focusing on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts.

Already International Humanitarian Law qualified advisor for the Armed Forces. She has begun the journey to becoming an Italian Red Cross Instructor of International Humanitarian Law and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in International Humanitarian Law.