About the Author

Contributor Biography - German Jacopo Governa is currently Assistant Lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights. Previously, he was employed as Assistant Legal Officer at the Chambers of the International Criminal Court. He holds a Master's Degree in Law from the University of Verona (Italy) and a PhD in International Criminal Law from the University of Verona, where he has been teaching assistant in the courses of criminal law and international criminal law, and the University of Gottingen (Germany). His research mainly focuses on Italian and European criminal law, transnational and international criminal law, international criminal courts, tribunals, and procedure, with particular regard to the role of prosecutorial discretion in international criminal trials.