Pier has been a member of the Colombian Caravana since December 2013 (with some breaks) and is the current Chair of the Board. He holds a Combined BA and MA in Law from the University of Trento, an LLM in Legal Studies from London South Bank University, and a PhD in International Studies from the University of Trento. He is a lecturer and co-convenor for the LLM in International Human Rights Law and Practice. Since October 2019, he has been a research associate at the Centre for Applied Human Rights and an associate lecturer at York Law School. Pier's previous roles include working as a research assistant for the HERA-funded MELA Project. During his PhD, he taught seminars on international law of the sea and international criminal law and was a visiting scholar at prominent institutions such as the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and University College London. His doctoral research explored the impact and effectiveness of Human Rights Council-mandated inquiries in Israel and Palestine, involving extensive fieldwork. Legally trained in Italy, Pier has served as a Protection Strategies Intern at the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and interned at REDRESS, where he helped prepare landmark torture cases for the Inter-American and European Courts of Human Rights. He is currently the Advocacy Director of the Colombian Caravana, a London-based charity supporting human rights lawyers in Colombia. In this role, he has travelled to Colombia, worked with local organisations, and co-drafted submissions to various UN bodies and the British Parliament.