Dr. Roberta Medda-Windischer (LL.M, PhD) is a Senior Researcher and Group Leader for Equality and Diversity in Integrated Societies at the Eurac Research Institute for Minority Rights (Bolzano/Bozen, Italy). She is an international lawyer specializing in the international law of minority rights, minority protection, old and new minorities. Dr. Medda -Windischer has served as a Legal Officer for various international organizations, including the European Court of Human Rights (CoE/ECHR, Strasbourg), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, Bosnia and Herzegovina), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR, Albania), and the UN Centre for Human Rights (OHCHR, Geneva). Her research on minority protection includes the authorship and editorship of monographs and multi-authored volumes, as well as numerous articles and book chapters published both in Italy and internationally.