CHRISTINA SAYDON
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
ADDRESS (Malta): 91A, Flat 2, ARCHBISHOP STREET, VALLETTA, MALTA
ADDRESS (Luxembourg):247, Route D’Arlon, L-1150, Luxembourg
DATE OF BIRTH: 10/5/1978 MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED
NATIONALITY: MALTESE
Tel Cell (LUXEMBOURG):00352621306328
Personal Email:
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EDUCATION
4th July – 16th July 20055th Summer Course of International Humanitarian Law
Institute of International Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy
2004 – 2006UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH (UNITAR)
Certificate of Training in Peacekeeping Operations
2001 – 2007ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MALTE
Obtained the:
‘Certificat du FrançaisPratique’
‘Diplome de Langue Francaise’
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
1999 – 2002Doctorate of Laws (LL.D.)
Thesis: “The Protection of Civilians in Internal Armed Conflict”
1999 – 2000Diploma of Notary Public
1996 – 1999Bachelor of Arts in Legal and Humanistic Studies
Main Area: Law
Secondary Area: International Relations
1994-1996 ST. ALOYSIUS COLLEGE, BIRKIRKARA, MALTA
Studied Maltese, English and Italian at Advanced Level
1982-1994 Primary and Secondary School education at Saint Dorothy’s Convent, Sliema and Mdina, Malta
PROFESSIONALHISTORY
MALTA RED CROSS
April 2009 – April 2010Secretary General of the Malta Red Cross Society
May 2008 – dateMember of the National Board of the Malta Red Cross Society
May 2004 – 2005Chairperson of the Malta Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Commission & Legal Adviser on International Humanitarian Law to the Malta Red Cross.
January 2005 – May 2005Member of the Malta Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Commission.
FREELANCE TRANSLATOR
March 2004 – dateFreelance Translations from Italian/French into Maltese/English.
May 2002 – to dateNOTARY PUBLIC
August 2001 – September 2006
LEGAL ADVISER TO ASYLUM SEEKERS
JESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE
Currently acting on behalf of the non-governmental organisation ‘Jesuit Refugee Service’, as a legal adviser to illegal immigrants (asylum seekers) who enter Malta and who are kept in detention pending their application for the attainment of ‘refugee status’. Thus, I deal with asylum-seekers of different nationalities and help them in attaining the benefits of refugee status.
2001-2002 Researcher/ Delegation Assistant
International Educational Development/ Humanitarian Law Project
UNHCR Geneva, Switzerland
Member of NGO delegation to United Nations Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights.Researcher, delegation assistant, intern coordinator.Mainly charged with researching on the protection of human rights and international humanitarian law during armed conflict.
7-9 /2000UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, FACULTY OF LAWS
Trainee Legal Officer
1994 - 1996TEACHER
Privatetuition of theEnglish and MalteselanguagesgiventoMaltese-speakingchildrenbetweentheages of 4 and 7.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
1995 – 2008 NATIONAL TEAM OF TABLE - TENNIS
Player in the Maltese national table tennis squad and taken part in numerous tournaments both locally and internationally.
1996 – 1999: AIESEC, Malta
Member of AIESEC, Malta, through which student organisation I had the opportunity of being on the organising committee of a number of student activities
LANGUAGESDual native speaker of English and Maltese with a fluency in Italian and intermediate knowledge of French.
HOBBIES Reading, Running, Diving, Table-Tennis.
2010