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Michele Sciurba [ mi'kɛ:le ʃurba] (born April 27, 1968 in Palermo, Italy; grew up in Oldenburg (Oldb), Germany) is an Italian legal scholar, strategy consultant, human rights advocate, journalist and author. He is an expert for international law, human rights, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism, international trade law and public administration. Sciurba currently lives in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Education and Career
After completing his vocational training to become a machinist, Michele Sciurba studied philosophy and constitutional law at the Academy of Work (Akademie der Arbeit) in Frankfurt am Main. He received an LLM in international business law with distinction from the University of Liverpool and was named Student of the Year. Afterward, he received his doctoral degree (PhD) in international law and his State PhD (Candidate of Science) in public administration from the IAPM in Kyiv. Sciurba is a member of the Ukrainian Bar Association and the German press association Deutsche Presseverband e.V. (DPV).

Sciurba is the founding director of GMVV & Co. GmbH, a Frankfurt-based strategic consulting firm established in 1999 which includes a policy arm and think tank and works with a network of international and interdisciplinary academics and scientists. GMVV advises corporations, non-profit organizations and governments.

Sciurba was a member of the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) and docent for industrial and organizational policy and assistant to the board for fundamental issues of industrial policy with the federal board of the German Salaried Employees’ Union (DAG-Bundesvorstand).

Throughout his career Sciurba has advised government organizations on issues of economic development. For example, he was a member of the High Level Conference on World Food Security of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. In 2017, he was sent to Ukraine as a delegate of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Bundestag (Ausschuss für Menschenrechte und humanitäre Hilfe im Deutschen Bundestag). Michele Sciurba has authored a number of books and published academic articles, amongst others in the European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice and the Visegrad Journal on Human Rights. As a journalist and columnist, he has written on legal and socio-political issues for national and international publications including Journal Frankfurt, the Kyiv Post, and Impakter.

GMVV Think Tank
As a think tank, GMVV & Co. GmbH, founded by Michele Sciurba in 1999 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, specializes in providing analysis and developing strategies on complex and often highly politicized issues. Its policy research is conducted with a team of international and interdisciplinary academics and scientists on a diverse range of issues including: human rights, international law, European and international trade law, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism, financial market regulation, international relations, environmental protection, animal rights, pharmacy and medicine. GMVV cooperates globally on policy and research with various universities, governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Books

 * The Incompatibility of Global Anti-Money Laundering Regimes with Human and Civil Rights: Reform Needed? (Nomos 2019). ISBN 978-3848761890
 * Implementation of State Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering Policy in the EU Member States: Models for Improving Public Administration in the Ukraine (Edition Faust Academic 2018). ISBN 978-3945400685
 * Anti-Money Laundering State Mechanisms: International Experiences, Current Issues and Future Challenges (Edition Faust Academic 2018). ISBN 978-3945400555
 * (With Sarah Schuster) You Can’t Destroy a Movement: Interview with Captain Paul Watson. (Edition Faust 2016). ISBN 978-3945400340
 * (With Sarah Schuster) Eine Bewegung kann man nicht zerstören: Michele Sciurba und Sarah Schuster im Gespräch mit Captain Paul Watson (Edition Faust 2016). ISBN 978-3945400388
 * „Occupy – eine Bewegung, die keine sein dürfte“ in: Michele Sciurba (Ed.): Occupy – New York, Frankfurt: Eine Bewegung, die keine sein dürfte (B3-Verlag 2012). ISBN 978-3943758702
 * „Vorwort“ in: Michele Sciurba (Ed.): Ankalina Dahlem: Die Sehnsucht hat der Blitz getroffen: Mit einer Prosafantasie von Alban Nikolai Herbst (B3-Verlag 2012). ISBN 978-3943758726

Academic Journals

 * The Heart of Know Your Customer Requirements: The Discriminatory Effect of AML and CTF Policies in Times of Counter-Terrorism in the UK (2018) 26(3) European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 222.
 * Analysis of the Public Regulation Issues in Implementing Mechanisms to Fight Money Laundering: International and Domestic Experiences (2018) 1(12) Ukrainian Assembly of Doctors of Sciences in Public Administration 236.
 * Cooperation of International Institutions on Public Policy Formation for the Prevention of Money Laundering (2018) 1(11) Ukrainian Assembly of Doctors of Sciences in Public Administration 321.
 * Development of Human Rights in Times of Terrorism (2017) 6 Visegrad Journal on Human Rights 246.
 * The Impact of Corruption in Developing Countries by the Examples of Brazil and Equatorial Guinea (2017) 5 Visegrad Journal on Human Rights 216.
 * The End of Privacy for EU Citizens: A Closer Look at the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2017) 3(54) Scientific Works of IAPM 86.

Conferences

 * Twenty-Fourth Economic-Legal Discussions Conference “Scientific Works of the IAPM”; Kyiv, Ukraine (February 28, 2018). Michele Sciurba: The Compatibility of Anti-Money Laundering Regimes with Human and Civil Rights in the US and EU (2018).
 * International Scientific and Practical Conference “The Role of Law in Civil Society” of the Center for Legal Research; Kyiv, Ukraine (February 9–10, 2018). Michele Sciurba: Restrictions of Human Rights under the New International Security Architecture (2018) Міжнароднa науково-практичну конференцію «Роль права та закону в громадянському суспільстві» 98.
 * International Scientific and Practical Conference “The State and Law in the Context of Globalization: Realities and Perspectives” Dnipro, Ukraine (February 2–3, 2018): Michele Sciurba: The New Role of International Law in Domestic Governance (2018) Міжнародна НАУКОВО-ПРАКТИЧНА КОНФЕРЕНЦІЯ «Держава і право в умовах глобалізації: реалії та перспективи» 98.
 * International Scientific and Practical Conference “Scientific Works of the IAPM”; Kyiv, Ukraine (December 2, 2016). Michele Sciurba: Admissible and Inadmissible Subsidies under WTO Law (2016) 2(12) Scientific Works of the IAPM 154.
 * “High Level Conference on World Food Security: The Challenges of Climate Change and Bio Energy” of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Rom, Italien (June 3-5, 2008).

Essays and Opinion Pieces

 * The Treat to Human Rights Posed by Anti-Terrorist Laws after 9/11 (Impakter,  December 17, 2019) https://impakter.com/the-threat-to-human-rights-posed-by-anti-terrorist-laws-after-9-11/.
 * Die Aushöhlung von Menschenrechten durch Antiterrorgesetze seit 9/11 (Faust Kultur, November 19, 2019) https://faustkultur.de/4099-0-Die-Aushoehlung-von-Menschenrechten-durch-Antiterrorgesetze-seit-911.html.
 * The Universal Validity of Human Rights (Impakter, November 13, 2019) https://impakter.com/the-universal-validity-of-human-rights/.


 * Die universelle Gültigkeit von Menschenrechten: Essays zum Völkerrecht Teil 1 (Faust Kultur, October 29, 2019) https://faustkultur.de/4080-0-Essay-Die-universelle-Gueltigkeit-von-Menschenrechten.html.
 * Back to Torture: The Karimov Legacy (Impakter, January 27, 2017) http://impakter.com/islam-karimov-legacy-back-torture-abkar-abdullaev/.
 * Refugees in Europe: The Anatomy of a Global Crisis (Impakter, April 5, 2016) http://impakter.com/refufees-in-europe-anatomy-of-a-global-crisis/.
 * The Paris Attacks: What They Really Mean (Impakter, November 30, 2015) http://impakter.com/the-paris-attacks-what-they-really-mean/.
 * Europe’s Flight from the Refugee Crisis (Impakter, November 10, 2015) http://impakter.com/europes-flight-refugee-crisis/.

Newspaper

 * Interpol Confirms Innocence of Politically Persecuted Akbar Abdullaev (Kyiv Post, May 11, 2017) https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/michele-sciurba-interpol-confirms-innocence-politically-persecuted-akbar-abdullaev.html.
 * Ukraine’s Travesty of Justice in Case of Akbar Abdullaev (Kyiv Post, May 7, 2017) https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/michele-sciurba-ukraines-travesty-justice-case-akbar-abdullaev.html.
 * Extradition Case of Akbar Abdullaev Takes Ominous Turn (Kyiv Post, February 21, 2017) https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/michele-sciurba-extradition-case-akbar-abdullaev-takes-ominous-turn.html.
 * Akbar Abdullaev is Ukraine’s Test Case on Path to EU (Kyiv Post, February 19, 2017) https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/michele-sciurba-akbar-abdullaev-ukraines-test-case-path-eu.html.
 * (With Sarah Schuster) Hier bin ich geboren (Journal Frankfurt, August 30, 2016) http://www.journal-frankfurt.de/journal_news/Panorama-2/Ardi-Goldman-Frankfurt-und-die-CargoCity-Sued-Hier-bin-ich-geboren-27746.html.

Editorships

 * Sandmann: Nach E.T.A. Hoffmanns “Sandmann”, adaptiert von Dacia Palmerino und gezeichnet von Andrea Grosso Ciponte (Edition Faust 2018). ISBN 978-3945400036
 * Schimmelreiter: Nach Theodor Storms “Schimmelreiter”, adaptiert von Dacia Palmerino und gezeichnet von Andrea Grosso Ciponte (Edition Faust 2018). ISBN 978-3945400470
 * Marquise von O....: Nach Kleists “Marquise von O….”, adaptiert von Dacia Palmerino und gezeichnet von Andrea Grosso Ciponte (Edition Faust 2015). ISBN 978-3945400098
 * Schloss Otranto: Nach Walpoles “The Castle of Otranto”, adaptiert von Dacia Palmerino und gezeichnet von Andrea Grosso Ciponte (Edition Faust 2015). ISBN 978-3945400210
 * »Otium«: Lyrik und Prosa der Gegenwart: Auswahl – Best of 2009–2015: What We Did Before We Became Sellout Bitches (Edition Faust 2016). ISBN 978-3945400357
 * Geisterseher: Nach Schillers “Geisterseher”, adaptiert von Dacia Palmerino und gezeichnet von Andrea Grosso Ciponte (Edition Faust 2014). ISBN 978-3945400043
 * Ankalina Dahlem: Die Sehnsucht hat der Blitz getroffen: Mit einer Prosafantasie von Alban Nikolai Herbst (B3-Verlag 2012). ISBN 978-3943758726
 * Occupy – New York, Frankfurt: Eine Bewegung, die keine sein dürfte (B3-Verlag 2012). ISBN 978-3943758702

Philanthropy
In 2010 Michele Sciurba founded the gallery Art Virus. In 2014, together with Werner Ost, he founded the publishing house Edition Faust. Faust Kultur GmbH, co-founded in 2014 together with Art Virus and Werner Ost, manages the Faust-Kultur-Stiftung, a non-profit foundation under the direction of Ulla Bayerl, that promotes culture, art, literature and music and supports authors through the online magazine Faust Kultur. In cooperation with the Instituto Cervantes and the Institut français, Sciurba facilitated socio-critical discussions of migration and exclusion, including: “Die Stadt verwandeln: Europäische Literatur als Gesellschaftskritik” (Transform the city: European literature as social criticism) at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse) which included Yannick Haenel, Nicolò Bassetti and the Spanish architectural collective Basurama. Sciurba financially supports projects that promote cultural diversity and strengthen grass roots democracy, including the 2012 exhibition and book publication Occupy – New York, Frankfurt: Eine Bewegung, die keine sein dürfte (Occupy – New York, Frankfurt: A movement that shouldn’t be one), which received national attention and the 2014 exhibition and panel discussion of La Frontera: Die mexikanische-US-amerikanische Grenze und ihre Künstler (La Frontera: The Mexican-US American border and its artists), which received international acclaim in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Vanguardia Mexico and the New York Times. Since 2018, Sciurba has supported the project ''Textland. Made in Germany'', a collection of contemporary German literature from authors with migrant backgrounds. Against the backdrop of his own migrant background, Sciurba’s speeches, public appearances and writings voice strong opposition to all forms of anti-Semitism, antiziganism and discrimination. In 2014 Sciurba launched the Art Virus Salon, which in cooperation with the Frankfurt Chamber Opera (Kammeroper Frankfurt) hosts musical and literary evenings with national and international musicians and authors, offering a space for cultural encounters and exchange. Michele Sciurba is also a supporting member of the Frankfurt Art Association (Frankfurter Kunstverein).