Stefano Zirulia

Stefano Zirulia

Stefano Zirulia belongs to the Business and Crime cluster.


Stefano Zirulia is associate professor of Criminal Law at the University of Milan, Department of Legal Sciences "Cesare Beccaria".
He is a member of the scientific committee of the journals Sistema penale, Diritto penale contemporaneo-Rivista Trimestrale, Lexambiente, as well as coordinator of the editorial team of the Milan Law Review.
He is the author of scientific publications about causation and fault, particularly in the areas of environmental criminal law and health and safety at work law; among these, there is the monograph “Esposizione a sostanze tossiche e responsabilità penale” (Giuffrè-Lefebvre, 2018).
He is also the author of several publications on the relationship between fundamental rights and criminal law, including “Colpa e diritti umani”, in the volume "Reato Colposo" of the Encyclopedia of Law, edited by M. Donini (Giuffrè 2021); the commentary on the art. 2 ECHR in the volume "Corte di Strasburgo e Giustizia penale", edited by G. Ubertis and F. Viganò (Giappichelli 2022); as well as the monograph “ll favoreggiamento dell'immigrazione irregolare. Tra overcriminalisation e tutela dei diritti fondamentali" (Giappichelli, 2023).
With reference to the activities carried out in collaboration with the MacroCrimes centre, he participated in the drafting of an amicus curiae intervention before the European Court of Human Rights (case Di Caprio and others v. Italy, 2019, relating to the Land of Fires). As a member of the Academy of Law and Migration (ADiM) he contributed to the drafting of an amicus curiae intervention before the Constitutional Court (sentence no. 63/2022). Furthermore, he carried out pro-bono professional activity for the protection of irregular migrants’ rights, obtaining, among other things, Italy's first conviction for the illegitimate detentions in Lampedusa before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in case Khlaifia and others vs. Italy.



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