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Roberta Baldacchino

Roberta Baldacchino

Junior Legal Consultant

Malta
United States

Area of Focus

International Criminal Law 

Strategic Litigation

Open-Source Investigation

Atrocity Financing

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About

Roberta Baldaccino is a trained international consultant with cross-sector experience in international criminal law, human rights law, and open-source financial investigations. Robera specialises in transforming complex legal and financial evidence into actionable insights for international legal teams, prosecutors, NGOs, and accountability mechanisms. She brings a survivor-centred, justice-focused approach to my work and am particularly committed to exposing atrocity financing and enhancing structural accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and related violations. Roberta is admitted to the Bar of the Republic of Malta and her current work with LexCollective focuses on conducting open-source investigations and legal research to expose financial enablers of international crimes in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, developing strategic typologies to analyse liability pathways and advance de-risking efforts within high-risk sectors, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to strengthen workflows and outputs in the Banking & Atrocity Crimes portfolio, aligning legal findings with broader advocacy strategies. Additionally, Roberta works with LexCollective to draft legal submissions, intelligence reports, policy recommendations and training materials, tailored for the needs of different stakeholders and audiences, on a variety of topics, including environmental crimes, human trafficking, war crimes, money laundering, sanctions evasion, and high-risk entities.

Education & Certification

Advanced LLM in Public International Law (2021)

International Criminal Law Specialisation

Leiden University​

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Master of Advocacy (2020)

University of Malta 

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Bachelor of Laws with Honours (LL.B. Hons) (2019)

University of Malta ​​​

SE4U Course: Stakeholder Engagement and the UNTOC 

UNODC, 2023 

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Conflict Prevention and Resolution through Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation in the OSCE Area

OSCE, 2023 

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Language

Maltese (Native)

English (Native)

French (C1)

German (B1)

Spanish (B1)

Russian (A1)

Publications

Universal Jurisdiction: Road to Justice for the Yazidis? (2021)

Leiden Law Blog

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Auctores Intellectuales: A Critical Analysis of ICC Jurisprudence on the Concept of Co-Perpetration (2020)

Id-Dritt Law Journal

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