sara.devido@unive.it
Sara De Vido is Associate Professor of International Law at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, where she teaches International Law, EU Law and Human Rights Law. She is an affiliate to the Manchester International Law Centre, UK, where she co-founded the Women in International Law Network. She is a delegate of the Rector for Gender Equality, and a member of the Centre for Human Rights at Ca’ Foscari University. She is member of the academic council of Venice International University, Venice, Italy. She is also part of the National network on countering hate speech. She has been working on countering violence against women for years as expert on the Istanbul Convention and her most recent book is Violence against Women’s Health in International Law (Manchester University Press, Melland Schill Studies in International Law, 2020). She co-edited the first commentary to the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention (with M. Frulli) with the contribution of more than 70 authors for Elgar Publishing. She is legal expert for the European Union Network on preventing gender-based violence and domestic violence established by the European Commission.