EUWEB Legal Observatory is meant to heavily focus on research, analysis and production of scientific results, thanks to the publishing of the online Journal ‘EUWEB Legal Essays’.
The Directorate is the body running the EUWEB Secretariat, and it includes EUWEB’s Module Leader, Prof. Teresa Russo, as General Director, and EUWEB’s Key Members, Proff. Gaspare Dalia and Anna Oriolo.
The Directorate can assign tasks and objectives to the Members of the Legal Observatory. Under this formation, the Module promotes the Peer Education method, that is a didactic methodology based on a process of transmission of knowledge and experiences among the members of a peer group, within a plan that foresees aims, times, ways, roles and well-structured tools. This is reflected not only in the relationship between Directorate-Senior Members or Senior-Junior Members, but also in the Senior-Secretariat Members one.
Furthermore, the Legal Observatory is entrusted to not only support the research activities used to prepare the Module’s lectures, but also to monitor any development in International and EU law, reporting any substantial change or move in the EU-Western Balkans chessboard. This is indeed reflected in the editing of EUWEB’s Bulletin and relevant scientific publications available on this website.
COMPOSITION
Directorate
Prof. Teresa Russo (General Director)
Prof. Gaspare Dalia (Director)
Prof. Anna Oriolo (Director)
Members
Prof. Erjon Hitaj
Head of Department of Law, “Ismail Qemali” University of Vlore (Albania), Erjon Hitaj is PhD in International Order and Human Rights at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Former Assistant-Professor of European Union Law at Sapienza University of Rome (EU Law Chair – Prof. Augusto Sinagra). Lecturer of Public International Law; European Union Law and Human Rights Law at “Ismail Qemali” University of Vlore (Albania), Department of Law. Author of Diritto internazionale e diritti dell’uomo nell’ordinamento albanese, Rome, 2013 and several research papers.
Main research fields: International law, EU law, International Organizations law, Diplomatic and Consular law, Human rights law. Speaks fluent English, italian and spanish (Albanian native speaker).
Prof. Ana Nikodinovska Krstevska
Associate Professor in EU Law and EU Foreign Policy and Head of Department of International Relations and EU Law at the Faculty of Law, University Goce Delčev, Štip (NMK), Ana Nikodinovska Krstevska has finished BA and MA studies in Italy (Orientale – Napoli and Alma Mater – Bologna), and she has attained her PhD in Studies for European integrations at the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje.
She is a coordinator for the University Goce Delčev – Štip in two Jean Monnet projects in matter of asylum and migration and EU Foreign policy (MAPS and BORDEURS), and she is also the coordinator of the activities for the Goce Delčev University in the Module Jean Monnet EU – Western Balkans: Cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs.
Her current research is focused on European asylum and migration policies vis-à-vis national approaches of Western Balkan states, with specific attention to cooperation in migration, prevention, and combat of illegal migration, outsourcing and externalization of European security towards third countries.
Stefano Busillo
Ph.D. Candidate in “Legal Sciences” (International, European and Comparative Law) at the Department of Legal Sciences, University of Salerno. Honorary fellow and teaching assistant in European Union Law, European Union Migration Law, International Criminal Law and International Organizations at the Department of Legal Sciences (School of Law), University of Salerno, as well as in Diplomatic and Consular Law at the Department of Political and Social Studies, University of Salerno,
Stefano Busillo spent a traineeship period in Bruxelles working for an Italian law firm dealing with European Law (more precisely Competition and Market Regulation Law). After that, he has started off as Lawyer Candidate at the Bar of Salerno.
Having developed over the years a deep interest in International and EU Law, he actively served as member of the Secretariat of international meetings (such as “BREXIT from the perspective of EU and International Law”, 12 March 2019, Salerno – keynote speaker: Prof. Ramses Wessel; “Taking the Fundamental Values of the European Union Seriously”, 15 May 2019, Salerno – keynote speaker: Prof. Jan Wouters), and presented (with B. Gargano) a conference-speech on the “UN General Assembly Law–Making, Some Practical Examples” at Workshop “International Organizations as Law-Makers” 30 April 2018, Salerno (keynote speakers: Prof. Ramses Wessel and Prof. Jan Wouters).
He also has partecipated in scientific production on international and EU law and jurisprudence as well as in editorial assistance (such as “Law, Cultural Studies and the ‘Burqa Ban’. An Interdisciplinary Handbook” [Anja Matwijkiw & Anna Oriolo eds., Intersentia, 2021]; “EU-Western Balkans Cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs – Essays” [T. Russo, A. Oriolo, G. Dalia eds., Illyrius International Scientific Review n. 14/I-2020]).
Emanuele Vannata
Ph.D. Candidate in “Legal Sciences” (International, European and Comparative Law) at the Department of Legal Sciences, University of Salerno. Honorary fellow and teaching assistant in European Union Law, European Union Migration Law, International Criminal Law and International Organizations at the Department of Legal Sciences (School of Law), University of Salerno, as well as in Diplomatic and Consular Law at the Department of Political and Social Studies, University of Salerno,
Emanuele Vannata is Lawyer Candidate at the Bar of Salerno.
Due his research interests in the domains of international and EU law and jurisprudence (such as ethical issues, environmental and health protection, cultural heritage, and judicial and police cooperation), he participated in several research projects funded by University of Salerno and attended the Jean Monnet Course on “Migration and Fundamental Rights at the Southern Borders of the European Union” (2015), the Jean Monnet Summer School on “Climate Change, Health and the Environment” (2018) and the Jean Monnet High Specialized Course on “EU-Western Balkans Cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs” (2020) at the University of Salerno. He achieved a Postgraduate Specialization on EU law at the University of Naples “Federico II”.
Emanuele Vannata also actively served as member of the Secretariat of International Conferences on “Le principes généraux du droit dans la jurisprudence international”, Salerno 28 November 2018 (keynote speaker: Prof. Guillaume Protiére); “BREXIT from the perspective of EU and International Law”, Salerno 12 March 2019 (keynote speaker: Prof. Ramses Wessel); and “Taking the Fundamental Values of the European Union Seriously”, Salerno 15 May 2019 (keynote speaker: Prof. Jan Wouters). Together with his research’s activities, he is furthermore active in scientific production on international and EU law and jurisprudence and in editorial assistance (such as “Law, Cultural Studies and the ‘Burqa Ban’. An Interdisciplinary Handbook” [Anja Matwijkiw & Anna Oriolo eds., Intersentia, 2021]; “EU-Western Balkans Cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs – Essays” [T. Russo, A. Oriolo, G. Dalia eds., Illyrius International Scientific Review n. 14/I-2020]).
Former
Orsola Ilenia Conte
Graduate Student in Law at the Department of Legal Sciences (School of Law) of the University of Salerno (Italy), Orsola Ilenia Conte cooperates in several research projects funded by University of Salerno in the fields of international and EU law and jurisprudence (such as criminal law, human rights, judicial and police cooperation).
She also analyzed the subject of the protection and valorization of cultural heritage in the framework of the initiatives of the Italian Fundation for the Environment (Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI)) and attended a specialization English course at the Language Learning International Institute, in Dublin.
Recently, she developed an interest in assistance, social care and social security systems. This led her to join an EU-recognized project such as “Take me home” (E53H18000160006), with the support of the European Social Fund.
Bonaventura Gargano
Graduated in Law at the Department of Legal Sciences (School of Law) of the University of Salerno (Italy), Bonaventura Gargano is included in several research projects funded by University of Salerno concerning a wide range of subjects in the fields of international and EU law and jurisprudence (i.e., cultural heritage, criminal law, human rights, judicial and police cooperation, and ethical issues).
In the contest of his research interests, he participated in the Secretariat of numerous international conferences at University of Salerno and presented (with S. Busillo) a conference-speech on the “UN General Assembly Law–Making, Some Practical Examples” at Workshop about “International Organizations as Law-Makers” (30 April, 2018).
Currently, he was selected for an internship at Law firm “De Berti, Jacchia, Franchini e Forlani”, in Bruxelles.
