CHRISTOS TSEVAS

Dr. Christos Tsevas is a Human Rights Officer (Legal Advisor) at the Greek National Commission for Human Rights (GNCHR), representing the GNCHR in the Artificial Intelligence Working Group of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions. He is also a Member of the Educational Staff in International and European Law at the Hellenic Open University. He was an Adjunct Lecturer in International Refugee Law and International Human Rights Law at Democritus University of Thrace - Law Faculty, Greece (2021-2024). Formerly, Christos was a Project Transition Analyst at the International Organization for Migration/UN Migration (2022-2023), an Associate Asylum Expert at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees/International Catholic Migration Commission (2017-2021) consulting the Greek Asylum Service in asylum and quality assurance matters, and as a Legal Officer at the Greek Asylum Appeals Committees, designated by the GNCHR (2013-2016). He has served as a Consultant at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law for courses of the Department of International Refugee Law and Migration Law (2022-2023), as an Academic Coordinator of the Executive Course on Migration (2021) for the European Public Law Organization (European Law & Governance School) and as a Lecturer at the Greek National School of Public Administration and Local Government (2024).

Christos holds a PhD in Human Rights Law (University of Strasbourg, Democritus University of Thrace), an LL.M. in Specialized Public Law (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens - NKUA/University of Bordeaux), an LL.M. in Human Rights - Humanitarian Affairs & International Cooperation (Unistra), and an LL.B. in Law (NKUA). He has teaching experience in International Human Rights Law, International Refugee Law, EU Law and Policies, Constitutional Law, Institutions and Policies of Human Rights Protection, and Open Data & Data Protection and he has published in these fields. Christos is an attorney-at-law with expertise in international and European human rights, public, refugee, and migration law.

e-mail: chtsevas[at]gmail[dot]com