Flavia Lattanzi (born 4 October 1940) is an Italian lawyer specialized in international law who is ad litem judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) since 2007 and professor at the Roma Tre University. Between 2003 and 2007, she served as ad litem judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Early life and education Flavia Lattanzi was born on 4 October 1940 in Addis Ababa, Italian East Africa. As a newborn, she was sent to the English Concentration Camp in Ethiopia together with her mother, while her father was imprisoned in Uganda. She was the only child under the age of three which had been saved from the camp. She studied law at the Sapienza University of Rome where she also specialized in international law. Lattanzi speaks Italian, Russian and English fluently. Career Since 1966, Lattanzi works as rapporteur at international conferences, congresses and seminars on international humanitarian law, human rights and international criminal law. From 1966 until 1985 she worked as Assistant Professor of International Law at the D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara. In the meanwhile, since 1970 until 2003, she worked as coordinator of many research projects on international law and international humanitarian law, human rights and international criminal law. From 1985 until 1990 she worked as Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Pisa and Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli. In 1990, Lattanzi becomes Full Professor of International Law at the University of Sassari. From 1995 until 2001, Lattanzi worked as Director of Department of Public Legal Sciences of the University of Teramo, and Scientific Supervisor and Lecturer at the Arusha School of International Criminal Law and Human Rights (1996–1998) and the Gaborone School on International Criminal Jurisdictions of the University of Botswana (1999). From 1996 until 2000, she served as director of the board of directors of the European Public Law Center. From 1997 until 2001, Lattanzi worked as Director of School of Specialization in European Law of the University of Teramo. In 1998, she became legal adviser of the Italian delegation to the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of an International Criminal Court. From 1998 until 2001, Lattanzi served as legal adviser to the Italian delegation at the International Criminal Court Preparatory Commission, and Director of the International Masters course on cooperation against International Transnational Crime at the University of Teramo, supported by the Italian Ministry