null Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

Research Associate & PhD Student

    Address

    Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) Bochumer Fenster, 6th/7th floor Massenbergstr. 11 44787 Bochum Germany

    Nationality

    Greek

    Research Interests

    Public International Law

    International Refugee Law

    International Human Rights Law

    Theory of International Law

    Education

    09/2012 - 11/2016

    LL.B., School of Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

    09/2017 - 02/2019

    LL.M. in Public International Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

    09/2019 - 08/2020

    LL.M. in Public International Law, University of Groningen

    Work Experience and other Activities

    Since 08/2021

    Managing Editor at Völkerrechtsblog

    Since 10/2020

    Speaker of the IFHV Research Cluster on 'Violent Disruptions and Forced Migration'

    Since 10/2020

    Editor, IFHV Bofax Series

    Since 09/2020

    Research Associate and Doctoral Researcher, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict

    Since 09/2020

    Fellow of the SYLFF Mikrokolleg on Forced Migration at Ruhr-University Bochum

    05/2019 - 08/2019

    Associate Attorney-at-Law, Papastathopoulos & Associates Law Office (Athens)

    09/2017 - 04/2019

    Trainee Lawyer, Papastathopoulos & Associates Law Office (Athens)

    09/2016 - 08/2017

    Trainee Lawyer, Law Office Christina Kountouri & Associates (Athens)

    05/2014 - 09/2015

    Legal Staff Employee, Papastathopoulos, Chatziarseniou & Associates Law Office (Athens)

    Most recent Publications

    2022

    'Sharing Responsibility for the Sake of Mass Expulsions’ Delegitimization’ Refugee Law Initiative Blog on Refugee Law and Forced Migration (01.12.2022), https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2022/12/01/sharing-responsibility-for-the-sake-of-mass-expulsions-delegitimization/

    2022

    ‘How to Get Away with Refoulement: Some Thoughts on Safi and Elmi v. Greece’ Strasbourg Observers (07.09.2022), https://strasbourgobservers.com/2022/09/07/how-to-get-away-with-refoulement-some-thoughts-on-safi-and-others-v-greece/

    2022

    'What Do We Do with the Non-‘White, Blonde, Blue-Eyed’ Asylum Seekers? On States’ Legalistic Justifications for Discriminatory Admissions’ Völkerrechtsblog (02.06.2022), https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/what-do-we-do-with-the-non-white-blonde-blue-eyed-asylum-seekers/

    2022

    ‘Is the Feministisation of the ECtHR’s Abortion-Related Jurisprudence a Realistic Expectation? Putting the ECtHR’s Interpretation of the ‘Right to Abortion’ Under the Feminist Microscope’ Völkerrechtsblog (28.01.2022), https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/is-the-feministisation-of-the-ecthrs-abortion-related-jurisprudence-a-realistic-expectation/

    2021

    ‘The Evolution of Non-Refoulement: From Negative to Positive Obligations’ 3-4 Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict 148-160

    2021

    ‘Is Your Dating App Swiping Left on Human Rights? On Platforms' Obligations to Prevent Sexual Violence and Respect Privacy’, Völkerrechtsblog, https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/is-your-dating-app-swiping-left-on-human-rights/

    2021

    ‘How Greece Set the Wrong Example for Compulsory Vaccinations Against COVID-19’, Opinio Juris, http://opiniojuris.org/2021/11/30/how-greece-set-the-wrong-example-for-compulsory-vaccinations-against-covid-19/

    2021

    ‘Re-rethinking the Amicable Settlement of Inter-State ECHR Disputes: A Critical Approach’ Völkerrechtsblog (30.09.2021), https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/re-rethinking-the-amicable-settlement-of-inter-state-echr-disputes/

    2021

    ‘Refoulement Beyond Pushbacks: On the Admission of Prospective Asylum-Seekers from Afghanistan’ Völkerrechtsblog (20.09.2021), https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/refoulement-beyond-pushbacks/

    2021

    ‘A Futuristic View on Mutually Agreed Solutions within the WTO Dispute Settlement System (2021) 146 Arbitration and Law 15-45.

    2021

    'Impacts of the Interpretative Interaction between International Human Rights Law and the Refugee Convention' 10(1) Cambridge International Law Journal, 96-120.

    2021

    'The Future of “Climate Refugees” in International Law', Völkerrechtsblog, https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-future-of-climate-refugees-in-international-law/

    2021

    'What Does the Vavricka Judgement Tell Us About the Compatibility of Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccinations with the ECHR?', Völkerrechtsblog, https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/what-does-the-vavricka-judgement-tell-us-about-the-compatibility-of-compulsory-covid-19-vaccinations-with-the-echr/

    2021

    'The Right to Abortion and the European Convention on Human Rights: In Search of Consensus among Member-States', Völkerrechtsblog, https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-right-to-abortion-and-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/

    2021

    'Populism's Lethal Effect on the Respect for Human Rights: The Case of Dimitris Koufontinas', Völkerrechtsblog, https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/populisms-lethal-effect-on-the-respect-for-human-rights/

    2020

    'Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: On the Unlawful Detention of Asylum Seekers to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19, Völkerrechtsblog, https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/where-theres-smoke-theres-fire/

    2020

    'Do Compulsory Vaccinations against COVID-19 Violate Human Rights?', Völkerrechtsblog, https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/do-compulsory-vaccinations-against-covid-19-violate-human-rights/

    2019

    'Gender Perspectives in the Application of Existing International Rules and Standards of Refugee Law', in: Giovanni Carlo Bruno, Fulvio Maria Palombino, Adriana Di Stefano (eds) Migration Issues before International Courts and Tribunals (CNR Edizioni, 2019) 275-300.

    Grants and Awards

    2022

    PR.INT Event Grant (together with Jan Phillip Graf and Rafael Bohlen) for the ogranisation of the international conference ‘Gang -Induced Migration: Challenges and Perspectives from Social Science and International Law’

    09/2020 - 08/2023

    Doctoral Scholarship of the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research

    09/2019 - 08/2020

    Scholarship of the 'Alexandros Svolos' Foundation for the attendance of the LL.M. programme in Public International Law at the University of Groningen

    07/2018

    Award of Best Paper of the annual competition of the 'Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights' on the subject of 'Armed Conflicts and Refugees'

    07/2018

    Scholarship of the 'Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights' for the attendance of the 49th Summer School of the 'International Institute of Human Rights'

    Conferences and Panels

    15/11/2022

    Presentation titled ‘Refugee and Asylum Law: The Protection of Ukrainian Forced Migrants’ at the conference ‘Der Ukraine-Konflikt als Herausforderung an das Völkerrecht, das Verfassungsrecht und das Verwaltungsrecht’ organised by the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict.

    17/10/2022 – 18/10/2022

    Co-organisation and moderation of the ‘Gang-Induced Migration: Challenges and Perspectives from Social Science and International Law’ following the successful PRINT funding application from the RUB Research School.

    24/10/2022 - 28/10/2022

    Co-organisation and Editing of the ‘Adivasi Struggles in Chhattisgarh’ Völkerrechtsblog Symposium.

    21/10/2022 - present

    Conceptualisation, Organisation and Editing of the Symposium ‘The Person behind the Academic’ (recurrent interview symposium), available at https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/symposium/the-person-behind-the-academic/.

    08/09/2022 - 09/09/2022

    Chair of the panel titled ‘The Role of Blogs’ at the Völkerrechtsblog’s conference titled ‘Conference: Opening Access, Closing the Knowledge Gap? International Legal Scholarship Going Online’.

    31/08/2022

    Presentation titled ‘Sharing Responsibility between States and Protection-Seekers for the sake of Non-Refoulement’ at the Pre-conference ESIL Interest Group Workshop on the ‘In/Ex-clusivity of International Migration and Refugee Law: The Rights Holders’ Perspective’ in the context of the 2022 ESIL Annual Conference.

    08/03/2022 - 19/03/2022

    Conceptualisation, Organisation and Editing of the ‘Women in International Law Vol. 1’ Symposium on the Völkerrechtsblog, available at https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/symposium/women-in-international-law-vol-1.

    01/06/2022

    Presentation titled ‘From ‘Do Not Refoule to Admit:The Scope of the Obligation to Admit Protection-Seekers Fleeing Ukraine’ at the UNIC Symposium ‘Seeking Refuge, Finding Solidarity? Challenges and Chances for Ukrainian Protection-Seekers in Europe’

    01/02/2022

    Presentation titled ‘Climate Refugees and International Law’ at the ‘Climate Change and International Law’ Panel Discussion organized by the Public International Law Research Group of Brunel University London.

    21/12/2021

    Co-organiser of the ‘Critical Christmas Week’ Symposium on Völkerrechtsblog

    11/11/2021

    Co-moderator at the ‘The Geneva Refugee Convention and its History’ co-organised by the IFHV’s Research Cluster on Violent Disruptions and Forced Migration, the Medizinische Flüchtlingshilfe Bochum and Medico International

    08/09/2021

    'The Evolution of Non-Refoulement's Positive Obligations' - Presentation at the ESIL IG MigRefLaw, IG International Criminal Justice and Human Rights Research League joint event ‘The Evolution of the Principle of Non-Refoulement in International Law: What Role for New Types of International Law-Making?

    28/06/2021

    'Compulsory COVID Vaccinations and Human Rights ': Presentation at the Webinar organised by IFHV's Research Cluster on Human Rights and Humanitarian Protection

    19/05/2021

    'The Compatibility of Compulsory Vaccinations with the European Convention on Human Rights': Presentation at the 'Vaccines and International Law' Webinar organised by the University of Milan

    06/05/2021

    Co-moderator at the 'Climate Refugees and International Law' Webinar organised by IFHV's Cluster on Violent Disruptions and Forced Migration

    26/11/2020

    'The Lawfulness of Amicable Settlements of Human Rights and Investment Disputes': Presentation at the Ius Commune Conference 2020 (Workshop on International Economic Law)

    Language Skills

    Greek (native speaker)

    English (fluent)

    German (intermediate)