Matteo Mecacci is a distinguished international expert in democratic governance, human rights, and politics, who served as Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from December 2020 to September 2024.
Before his role at ODIHR, Mr. Mecacci spent seven years as President of the International Campaign for Tibet. He also led the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission to Georgia in 2013 and served as a Member of the Italian Parliament, where he was part of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (2008–2013). From 2000 to 2008, he represented “No Peace Without Justice” and the “Transnational Radical Party” at the United Nations in New York. He holds a Juris Doctor in International Law from the University of Florence.