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= Michele Riondino (academic) = Michele Riondino (born 18 May 1978) is an Italian academic and canon law scholar currently based in Sydney, Australia. He was appointed the foundation Professor of Canon Law at ACU in February 2019, and has been the inaugural Director of ACU’s Canon Law Centre since September 2019.

Early life and education
Michele Riondino was born and raised in Vittorio Veneto, a small city in the shadow of the Dolomites, northern Italy. The youngest of three siblings, Riondino studied piano as a child and attended St Joseph’s College, where he received a strong Catholic education for his primary and secondary schooling. Riondino recalls that three particular works were important for his academic formation: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky and I Promessi Sposi (i.e. “The Betrothed”) by Alessandro Manzoni.

Riondino left home to study law in Milan at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and Carlo Cattaneo University. During his law degree he spent one semester as a visiting student at the University of Westminster Law School in London. Riondino developed a passion for canon law early in his tertiary studies, and thus decided to specialise in this subject after obtaining his Law Degree. In pursuit of further canon law studies, Riondino moved to Rome where he undertook a Master’s Degree in Science of Marriage and Family, with a major in Canon Law, at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. Later, he completed a Bachelor of Philosophy and Bachelor of Theology at the Pontifical Lateran University, during which he spent one year in Granada (Spain) furthering his knowledge of religious studies and religious life, while also attending the [[Faculty of Theology of Granada.

Finally, Riondino obtained a PhD in Canon Law (summa cum laude) at the Lateran University, at which time he completed his dissertation, Giustizia riparativa e mediazione nel diritto penale canonico (“Restorative justice and mediation in the penal law of the Church”), under the direction of Rev Prof M. J. Arroba Conde and Prof L. Eusebi. This dissertation, which was published in its entirety, earned Riondino the Sub Auspiciis Lateranensibus prize for 2010’s best doctoral thesis.

Academic career
Prof Riondino has researched and written on canon law, matrimonial law, restorative justice and mediation, the teaching function of the Church in relation to the Magisterium, sanctions in the Church, and international children’s rights with a particular focus on the right to education. He began his academic career in 2006 as a teaching assistant in Children’s Rights and Juvenile Justice at LUMSA University in Rome, where, in 2009, he also taught in the Master’s Degree in Family Law and Child Law. Following this, Riondino took up a role as an adjunct professor of Canon Law and Children’s Rights in 2010 at the Pontifical Lateran University, where, in 2013, he won the open competition for a Full Professorship of Canon Law at just 35 years old. From 2013 until 2016, he was also an adjunct professor of Canon Law at LUMSA University School of Law. In 2017 Riondino was a guest professor at the Catholic University of Murcia–UCAM, lecturing in Canon Law in the postgraduate diploma in Matrimonial Law. In 2018 he spent Spring Term as a visiting scholar at Heythrop College, University of London, focusing his research particularly on law and religion in educational matters.

On 25 February 2019, Riondino was appointed as foundation Professor of Canon Law at ACU. He lectures in both International Children’s Rights and Canon Law at ACU’s Thomas More Law School, and in Canon Law at ACU’s School of Theology. Since 2020 Riondino has also been a visiting professor at John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences, Madrid campus, where he lectures in International Children’s Rights.

Prof Riondino is a member of the [[, Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand, and the Consociatio Internationalis Studio Iuris Canonici Promovendo Association.

Canon Law Centre
The Vice-Chancellor and President of ACU, Professor Greg Craven AO, launched the Thomas More Law School’s Canon Law Centre (hereinafter the Centre) at the ACU North Sydney Campus on Wednesday 18 September 2019, appointing Professor Riondino as the Centre’s inaugural Director. The establishment of the Centre is a reflection of the priority that the University places on its mission and identity as a Catholic higher education institution committed to the pursuit of knowledge, the dignity of the human person and the common good.

The Centre is the first of its kind in Oceania and has as its mission the promotion and the development of Canon Law, in its theoretical and practical aspects, in Australia and overseas. This includes the facilitation of opportunities to collaborate with like-minded organisations and institutes from different corners of the globe.

Riondino, as the Director, is supported by a board of advisors, composed of eight members, and a board of consultants, consisting of experts from across the world in canon law and related fields. The support provided by this board of consultants includes specialised advice as well as contributions to publications.

One of the most significant endeavours currently being undertaken by the Centre is the development of a new English commentary on the Code of Canon Law. The commentary is being edited and directed by Professor Riondino and is due to be published by St Pauls Australia late in 2021 under the title The Code of Canon Law: A Commentary. The text will be authored by 29 experts from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Philippines, Poland, Spain and USA.

Notable recent assignments and consultancies
Riondino is a member of scientific committees for two canon law journals: Monitor Ecclesiasticus (Italy) and Vergentis (Spain). Previously, from 2013-2018, he was a member of the editorial board of Apollinaris, the law review of the Pontifical Lateran University School of Comparative Law (i.e. Institutum Utriusque Iuris).

He is also a member of the scientific committee for Auribus – Centre for Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Protection of Victims, Rome.

Riondino is engaged as a legal advisor to both the Archdiocese of Melbourne and the ACU Institute of Child Protection Studies, and as a member of the review panel of the Ecclesiastical Regional Tribunal of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory.

In 2012, Prof Riondino was appointed as a lawyer “ad casum” at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Books

 * Introducción al derecho canónico (with Arroba Conde, M. J.), Pamplona (forthcoming)
 * Introduction to Canon Law (with Arroba Conde, M. J.), Milano 2019
 * Introduzione al diritto canonico (with Arroba Conde, M. J.), Milano 2019 (2nd edn 2017; 1st edn 2015)
 * Giustizia riparativa e mediazione nel diritto penale canonico, Città del Vaticano, 2012 (1st edn, 2011)
 * Famiglia e Minori. Temi giuridici e canonici, Città del Vaticano, 2011

Articles and book chapters
Riondino has written dozens of articles, book chapters and papers in Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese. The following are a selection of these published works.


 * ‘El paradigma de la Justicia Restaurativa: manifestacion de misericordia en el derecho penal de la iglesia’ (2020) Vergentis (forthcoming)
 * ‘Function and application of the penalty in the Code of Canon Law’ (2020) 2 Jus Online (forthcoming)
 * ‘The 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Child Labour exploitation’ (2020) 9 E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies, 1-7
 * ‘The Magisterium of the Church on higher education and its reflection in the Code of Canon Law’ (2019) 3 Jus Online 204-224
 * ‘Reflections on fifty years of Church teaching on Universities (from Gravissimum Educationis to Ex corde Ecclesiae)’ in Whittle, S. (ed), Vatican II and New Thinking about Catholic Education (London – New York, 2017) 207-214
 * ‘The right to education: a fundamental and universal right’ (2016) LXIII Jus 287-300
 * ‘La tutela dei minori nell’ordinamento canonico’ in Dammacco, G. (ed), La Chiesa tra economia e famiglia (Bari, 2015) 181-193
 * ‘Università cattoliche alla prova delle sfide future’ (2015) XCVIII Vita e Pensiero 100-107
 * ‘Le sanzioni nella Chiesa’ in Arroba Conde, M. J. (ed), Manuale di Diritto Canonico (Città del Vaticano, 2014) 253-267
 * ‘La Convenzione di Lanzarote. Aspetti giuridici e canonici in tema di abuso sui minori’ (2013) 86 Apollinaris 149-176
 * ‘La famiglia nel Magistero di Benedetto XVI. Profili giuridici’ (2013) 93 Commentarium pro Religiosis 229-245
 * ‘Justiça reparativa e direito penal canônico. Aspectos substanciais’ (2013) 6 Suprema Lex 63-76
 * ‘Connessione tra pena canonica e pena statuale’ in AA. VV., Questioni attuali di diritto penale canonico (Città del Vaticano, 2012) 199-226
 * ‘L’interesse del minore come legittimazione e limite dell’ordinamento in materia di educazione religiosa’ in Falchi, G. L. and Iaccarino, A. (eds), Legittimazione e limiti degli ordinamenti giuridici. Atti del XIV Colloquio Giuridico Internazionale (Città del Vaticano, 2012) 623-633
 * ‘Mediazione familiare e interculturalità in Europa. Profili di diritto comparato’ (2010) 39 Il Diritto di Famiglia e delle Persone 1845-1870
 * ‘Per il minore autore di reati valutazioni ad hoc suddivise in quattro fasi’ (2010) 9 Famiglia e Minori – Il Sole 24 Ore 74-77
 * ‘Justicia Restaurativa y Mediación Juvenil. La experiencia en Italia’ (2009) 1 Nuove esperienze di Giustizia Minorile – New Experiences of Juvenile Justice 27-40
 * ‘Bonum coniugum e giuridicità nel matrimonio canonico’ (2009) 38 Il Diritto di Famiglia e delle Persone 1994-2037
 * ‘Valori coniugali nel matrimonio civile e bonum coniugum nel matrimonio canonico’ (2007) 80 Apollinaris 541-558
 * ‘Il minore di fronte alla giustizia’ (2006) 87 Commentarium pro Religiosis 149-170

Selected speaking engagements
Professor Riondino has been invited and has taken part, as a keynote speaker or guest lecturer, in events across several university and institutes of higher culture throughout the world. These institutions have included: Syracuse University, New York City (2020); Yale University, New Haven (2019); Academy of European Law, Trier (2018); Institute of Directors, London (2017); Catholic University of Murcia–UCAM, Murcia (2017); WSB University, Dąbrowa Górnicza (2017); Université La Sagesse (ULS), Beirut (2017); University of Religions and Denominations, Qom (2016); Catholic Institute of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (2015); Heythrop College, University of London, London (2015); American University of Madaba, Madaba (2015); Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Amman (2015); The Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. (2014); Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius (2014); Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Leuven (2014); Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr, Valencia (2013); International Catholic Child Bureau—BICE, Paris (2013); International Symposium on Matrimonial Law and Procedural Law, Granada (2013); Saint Paul the Apostle’s Faculty of Canon Law, Sao Paulo (2013); Mediterranean Symposium on Childhood, Tanger (2012); Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon (2012); University of Miskolc, Miskolc (2011); European Forum on the Rights of the Child, Brussels (2011); Faculty of Theology, Bucharest (2011); Bethlehem University, Bethlehem (2010); and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima (2009).

During his tenure in Italy, Prof Riondino was frequently invited to speak across the country at various institutions and events, such as: Ecclesiastical Regional Tribunal, Reggio Calabria (2019); University of Padua, Padua (2018); European Association of Family Mediators, Rome (2018); Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan (2017); University of Milan, Milan (2017); University of Foggia, Foggia (2017); University of Bari, Taranto (2016); Rotaract, Rome (2016); Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Rome (2016); The Azione Cattolica Italiana, Bologna (2016); LUMSA University, Rome (2015); Italian Catholic Jurists Union, Lodi (2015); Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome (2014); ADR Observatory, Rome (2014); National Forum of Mediators, Rome (2013); International Symposium of Professors and Lecturers, Rome (2012); Ecclesiastical Regional Tribunal of Sicily, Palermo (2012); Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Healthcare Workers, Rome (2012); European University, Rome (2011); Italian Association of Canon Lawyers, Verona (2011); Bar Association of Rome, Rome (2010); National Conference on Childhood and Adolescence, Naples (2009); Zonta International Club, Asti (2009); and National Forensic Council, Rome (2008).

In the media (a selection from the last 3 years)
Most recently, Prof Riondino has primarily been in the media regarding the Canon Law Centre and his work on Children’s Rights. Some selected stories:


 * ‘Abusi sui minori, nasce il centro di ascolto Auribus’, 16 January 2020, Romasette, online article (Italian). Available at https://www.romasette.it/abusi-sui-minori-nasce-il-centro-di-ascolto-auribus/
 * 'It’s on us all to stand up for children’, 29 November 2019, ACU, online article (English). Available at: https://www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/news/2019/november/its-on-us-all-to-stand-up-for-children?redirect=%26Year%3D2019%26PageNumber%3D1
 * ‘"The moral sense of a country is measured by what it does for its children"’, 22 November 2019, SBS, online article (English). Available at: https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/the-moral-sense-of-a-country-is-measured-by-what-it-does-for-its-children
 * ‘Prof. Michele Riondino presenta Corso di Diritto dei Minori’, 6 November 2017, PULsioni Accademiche, video interview (Italian). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0sFCWu5hjY
 * ‘ACU’s new Canon Law Centre’, 4 October 2019, SBS, radio interview (Italian). Available at: https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/acu-s-new-canon-law-centre
 * ‘ACU launches Canon Law Centre’, 24 September 2019, CathNews, online article (English). Available at: https://cathnews.com/cathnews/36143-acu-launches-new-canon-law-centre
 * ‘Fight, or lose rights says ACU Vice-chancellor', 30 May 2019, Catholic Weekly, online article (English). Available at: https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/fight-or-lose-rights-says-acu-vice-chancellor/
 * ‘Important rights at stake in schools’, 10 May 2019, Catholic Weekly, online article (English). Available at: https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/important-rights-at-stake-in-schools/
 * ‘Michele Riondino’, in ‘6th International Conference on Child Rights & Sight’, Dec 22, 2017, Community Voice Channel, video interview (English), 1:45:27–1:47:40. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLEIzoFUGgg&feature=youtu.be&t=5671