Curriculum Vitae
Roberto TOSCANO , Italian Ambassador to India.
Born in Parma, Italy, on October 3, 1943.
Education
- Italian and US High School Diplomas (AFS Exchange student in 1960-61).
- 1966 Law Degree from the University of Parma;
- 1968 M.A. from the School of Advanced International Studies – SAIS,
Johns Hopkins University (Washington D.C.) (Fulbright Fellow);
- 1981 Diploma in European Studies from the De Gasperi School of Higher
European Studies, Rome;
- 1997-88 Fellow at the Center for International Affairs - CFIA, Harvard University.
Professional experience
- April 1969 Joined the Italian Foreign Service.
- Postings in Santiago (71-74); Moscow (75-79); Madrid (83-87); Washington (88-91);
Geneva-UN (94-99).
- 1999-2003 Head of Policy Planning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome.
- 2000-2003 Chairman of the DAC/OECD Network on Conflict, Peace and Development
Cooperation.
- 2003-2008
Italian Ambassador in Tehran.
Academic experience
- Academic Year 1996-97 Visiting Professor: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.
University of Pisa.
- 2000-2003 Visiting Professor: International Relations. Libera Università Internazionale
di Studi sociali - LUISS, Rome
Published works
Books:Soviet Human Rights Policy and Perestroika (Harvard University Press, 1990);
Il volto del nemico: la sfida dell’etica nelle relazioni internazionali (The Face of the Enemy: The Challenge of Ethics in International Relations) (Guerini Editore, Milano, 2000).
La violenza, le regole (Violence, rules) (Einaudi, 2006).
Several essays and articles on: human rights, peacekeeping, conflict prevention, ethics and international relations.
Languages
English, Spanish, French and Russian
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