Milena Barsi

Milena Barsi is a lawyer currently working with Caritas Suisse, focusing on legal representation for asylum seekers. Previously, at the Département fédéral des affaires étrangères DFAE, Milena served as an advisor at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations, where expertise included the UN Security Council's counter-terrorism strategy, gender-based work approaches, and legal research related to the UN CTC and Sanctions Committees. Educational qualifications include a Master of Law and a Bachelor of Law from the Université de Fribourg, along with certificates in Transnational Legal Studies from the Center for Transnational Legal Studies and King's College London. Prior roles involved academic tutoring in administrative law, administrative collaboration in an educational setting, and volunteer work with unaccompanied minors in refugee camps.