Paola Forgione holds a PhD in International Justice and Human Rights from the University of Pavia, Italy. She has joined the International Committee of the Red Cross seven years ago and has worked in Africa, Americas, the Middle East and the Headquarters in Geneva. Paola studied contemporary and modern art at Jeu de Paume in Paris and at the Nuova Accademia delle Belle Arti in Milan and she is a free-lance contributor to art magazines.