AIKATERINI TSAMPI

Dr. Aikaterini [Katerina] Tsampi was awarded, in 2017, a PhD in Human Rights from the University of Strasbourg, France. Her monograph "Le principe de séparation des pouvoirs dans la jurisprudence de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme" was published by Pedone, Paris, Publications de la Fondation Maragkopoulos pour les droits de l’homme, Serie no 21, 2019. She completed LLM studies in International Human Rights Law and IHL at the Panthéon-Assas University Paris II and in Specialised Public Law at the Universities of Bordeaux IV and Athens. From 2013 until 2017, she was employed as Legal Officer at the Greek National Commission for Human Rights, the National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) of Greece. She has been involved in several human rights projects and activities, as an independent researcher, and she is a trainer, qualified through the CoE HELP program. She is a qualified lawyer at the Rhodes Bar Association. She has received several scholarships (Ile-de-France-“Bourse d’excellence”, Paris, CFF Greece). Dr. Tsampi is currently Assistant Professor of International Law at the University of Groningen and member of the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR). She is founding member and editor of the NNHRR blog, Human Rights Here. Her post-doctoral research focused on tobacco control and human rights under the auspices of Groningen Centre for Health Law. Her current research interests revolve around islandness and human rights.