Nationality: Italy (Western European and other States)
Term: 11 March 2003 - 10 March 2006
Elected from: List A on 7 February 2003
Biography
Judge Politi was elected for a six-year term from the Western European and Others Group of States (WEOG).
He has been a full professor of international law at the University of Trento since 1990. Prior to this, and since 1976, he had taught at the Universities of Cagliari and Urbino. As Legal Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations (1992-2001), he participated actively in the negotiation process that led to the adoption of the Rome Statute. He also served on the Italian delegation to the Preparatory Commission for the ICC. During his judicial career (1969-1983), he was a judge at the Tribunals of Oristano and Milan. He was also Deputy Prosecutor at the Juvenile Court of Milan. In 2001, he was elected by the United Nations General Assembly to be on the list of ad litem judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. As a former judge and prosecutor, he has dealt with numerous cases of human rights violations and of violence and abuse against women and children. He has published several articles on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and on the related Elements of Crimes.
