Francisco Dall'Anese

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|office=2nd Commissioner of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala

|term_start=1 August 2010

|term_end=1 September 2013

|predecessor=Carlos Castresana

|successor=Iván Velásquez Gómez

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Francisco Dall'Anese Ruiz (born 1960) was the Attorney-General of Costa Rica.

Biography

Dall'Anese attended the University of Costa Rica, where he studied law.

{{cite press release

| publisher = United Nations

| date = 30 June 2010

| title = Secretary-General Appoints Francisco Dall'Anese Ruiz to Head International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala

| url = https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2010/sga1249.doc.htm

| accessdate = 1 July 2010 }}

He later taught criminal law at the University, and is co-author of five books and over 20 academic papers on topics of criminal, judicial and procedural law. In 2004, he was presented with an honorary doctorate by the Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho ('University Free School of Law') of Costa Rica.

{{cite web

| url = http://cicig.org/index.php?page=francisco-dall-anese-attorney-general-of-costa-rica

| title = Francisco Dall'Anese, Attorney General of Costa Rica

| publisher = International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala

| accessdate = 7 July 2010 }}

Dall'Anese became Attorney-General of Costa Rica in 2003. In this position, he led efforts against narco-trafficking, organised crime and corruption, including investigations of two former presidents.

{{cite news

| author = Malkin, Elisabeth

| title = New Leader of Guatemala Investigations

| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/world/americas/02briefs-Guatemala.html

| newspaper = The New York Times

| date = 1 July 2010

| accessdate = 7 July 2010 }}

In 2005, the National Values Commission awarded Dall'Anese the National Values Prize in recognition of his actions to combat organised crime. He served as alternate magistrate in the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica and, as of 2010, is President pro tempore of the Central American Public Ministries Council.

On 30 June 2010, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named Dall'Anese as Carlos Castresana's replacement as chief of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG).

{{cite news

| title = UN names new head of Guatemala anti-impunity panel

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10473534.stm

| newspaper = BBC News

| date = 1 July 2010

| accessdate = 1 July 2010 }}{{cite web

|url = http://ukinargentina.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=News&id=22471080

|title = Minister welcomes appointment to Guatemala commission

|publisher = British Embassy Buenos Aires

|date = 2 July 2010

|accessdate = 7 July 2010