Dea Nini is an Albanian human rights lawyer with expertise in international human rights law, constitutional law, privacy rights, family law, and reproductive rights, with a strong focus on SOGIESC issues and the ethical dimensions of legal frameworks. Her work combines strategic litigation, legal reform, and intersectional advocacy to address systemic discrimination, hate crimes, and the denial of bodily autonomy and legal identity.

She has led capacity-building trainings for over 200 legal practitioners, including judges, prosecutors, and public officials, on anti-discrimination standards and SOGIESC rights. Dea has contributed to numerous UN and Council of Europe mechanisms, including CEDAW, CESCR, UPR, ECRI, GREVIO, and the SOGIESC Unit, and has played a central role in preparing shadow reports and legal submissions. At the European level, she contributes to various aspects of accession monitoring, especially on Chapters 23 and 24.

Dea was actively involved in the Beijing+25 regional review, promoting inclusive gender equality in policy spaces across Europe and Central Asia. Her legal advocacy spans issues such as same-sex partnership rights, legal gender recognition, access to ethical reproductive healthcare, and data privacy.

Dea is especially committed to bringing underrepresented legal narratives to the forefront, particularly those silenced by structural inequalities, as a way to restore dignity, agency, and justice within the law.