Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni

PhD in Law, Ruhr-University Bochum

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

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

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

Postdoctoral Researcher at Tilburg University’s Law School

Editor at Völkerrechtsblog

Managing Editor at Völkerrechtsblog

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

Editor, IFHV Bofax Series

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

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

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

Trainee Lawyer, Papastathopoulos & Associates Law Office (Athens)

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

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

Katsoni and V Bliecke, ‘How the Committee on the Rights of the Child Paved the Way for Stronger Abortion Rights: Some Thoughts on Camila v Peru’ Völkerrechtsblog (05.07.2023).

‘Lessons to be Learned from the States’ Admission of Protection-Seekers Fleeing Ukraine’ in P. Thielbörger and S. R. Lüder Der Ukraine-Konflikt als Herausforderung an das Völkerrecht, das Verfassungsrecht und das Verwaltungsrecht (Franz Steiner Verlag 2023) 39-52

‘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/

'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/

‘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/

'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/

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

‘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/

‘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/

‘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/

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

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

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

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

'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/

'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/

'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/

'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/

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

'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.

RUB Research School ‘Gateway Fellowship’ - Postdoc Stipend for International Research Experience

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’

Doctoral Scholarship of the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research

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

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

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

Presentation titled ‘Feminist Treaty Interpretation: A Tool Toward the Progressive Feministization of International Law’ at the Yale Journal of International Law's 2024 Symposium on International Law and Women's Rights at Yale University (United States)

Presentation titled ‘A Feminist Re-Interpretation of Access to Abortion Under the European Convention on Human Rights’ at the AjV DGIR 2023 Conference titled ‘Progress and International Law: A Cursed Relationship?’ held at the University of Cologne. The paper was read and discussed by Judge Hilary Charlesworth

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.

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.

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

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/.

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’.

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.

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.

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’

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.

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

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

'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?’

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

'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

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

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