Roberta Dirosa was born in Catania, Italy on 14 April 1983. She studied International Relations at the Sorbonne University, Paris and the University of Florence, Italy where she graduated in 2007. She continued her studies of International Relations and Human Rights at the University of Bologna where she obtained her Master degree in 2009. Roberta Dirosa has been working at the Interdepartmental Centre for Research in European Union Law in Bologna for two years. In 2010 she successfully completed an internship in the Human Rights Unit at the European Parliament where she played an active role. Publications include: “Aung San Suu Kyi and the non violent struggle for human rights in Burma” and “Human Rights between Universalism and Relativism: Female genital mutilation”. Roberta Dirosa will continue her career at EuropeAid, the Directorate-General of the European Commission which is responsible for implementing external aid programmes and projects across the world.