Domenico Zipoli

Dr. Domenico Zipoli is Head of Programmes at the Geneva Human Rights Hub, where he leads the development and implementation of the Hub’s programme portfolio at the intersection of international human rights mechanisms, digital transformation, and multi-level governance. His work focuses on strengthening the coherence and impact of the UN human rights system by connecting international standards with national and local implementation.

His research centres on the connectivity among international human rights mechanisms, particularly UN Treaty Bodies, the Human Rights Council, and the Universal Periodic Review, and on innovative strategies for monitoring, implementation, and follow-up of human rights obligations at national and local levels. He currently leads initiatives advancing digital and data-driven solutions for human rights and SDG monitoring, including the use of digital human rights tracking tools, interoperable databases, and artificial intelligence.

In his role at the Geneva Human Rights Hub, Dr. Zipoli oversees programme design, partnerships, and fundraising, and provides expert input to international organizations, governments, national human rights institutions, and civil society actors. He regularly coordinates expert roundtables, policy dialogues, workshops, and training programmes, with a strong emphasis on innovation and cross-sector collaboration.

Prior to joining the Geneva Human Rights Hub, Dr. Zipoli was Project Coordinator at the former Geneva Human Rights Platform and Senior Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. He previously served as  PhD Fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, where he defended his doctoral thesis in 2021 on cooperation between UN Treaty Bodies and National Human Rights Institutions. His academic and professional work has included extended research engagements with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Australian Institute for Human Rights (Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales), informing a comparative, practice-oriented perspective across regions and legal systems.

Dr. Zipoli holds a PhD in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oslo, an LL.M. in International Human Rights Law from Lund University, and an LL.B. from the University of Exeter.