Livio Zilli

Livio Zilli joined the International Commission of Jurists in September 2013 as a Senior Legal Adviser & UN Representative. Until mid-2013 he was the Acting Head of the refugee and migrant rights team at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London. Livio was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2007, and is an honorary member of Garden Court Chambers in London where he practised as a barrister until 2010 focusing on asylum and immigration, criminal and public law. Before going to the bar, Livio worked at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International where, since the mid-90s, he was employed in various capacities, including as researcher until 2007.

Livio holds an L.L.M. in international human rights law from the Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is an experienced researcher and is co-author of the recently published ICJ Practitioners’ Guide on Refugee Status Claims Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Published in February 2016, the Guide provides both legal and practical interpretative guidance on these types of asylum claims addressed especially to legal practitioners representing refugee claimants; authorities charged with refugee status determination; judges presiding over claims to refugee status; and government officials drafting asylum policy guidance and instructions. The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association in England, the UNHCR, asylum judges and others welcomed the Guide as a valuable resource and contribution to this area of refugee law.