Christos Giakoumopoulos Director General

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Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director General




Biography
- Date of birth: 19/07/1958
- Nationality: Greek
- Marital status: Married, father of three children
- Languages: Greek, French, English, German, Italian
Christos Giakoumopoulos was appointed Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe on 1 August 2017.
He was previously Director of Human Rights from 2011 – 2017 and also Director of Monitoring in the same Directorate General between 2006 - 2011.
Before joining the Directorate General of Human Rights, he was General Counsel and General Director for Legal and Administrative Affairs of the Council of Europe Development Bank (Paris).
Since joining the Council of Europe, he held posts in the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights, the Venice Commission and Director in the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, A. Gil Robles.

Speeches and articles by Christos Giakoumopoulos
Please note that the speeches and articles are available in only one language, English or French.
Veuillez noter que les discours et les articles sont disponibles uniquement dans une seule langue, français ou anglais.
Speeches
- Welcoming address during the launching event of the project “HELP in Russia” (Phase II), 20 November 2018
- “Convention 108+: tomorrow’s common ground for data protection”, 22 June 2018 [FRA]
- 82nd meeting of the Permanent Correspondents of the Pompidou Group, 5 June 2018 [ENG]
- "Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and Russian Law: 20 years of Dialogue and Interaction" at the Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum, 16 May 2018 [ENG]
- "Human Rights in Sport: Issues on the Agenda" at the Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum, 16 May 2018 [ENG]
- International Conference "Constitution in the Global Change Epoch and the Goals of Constitutional Review" at the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, 15 May 2018 [ENG]
- Conference “Right to a Fair Trial within Reasonable Time and the Compensation for the Violation of the Right: Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and National Courts”, Belgrade, 18 April 2018 (ENG]
- “FATF/OSCE/MONEYVAL workshop for judges and prosecutors: Experiences, Challenges and Best Practices”, Strasbourg, 26 March 2018 [ENG]
- Conference on the execution of the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, 19 February 2018 [ENG]
- Regional conference “Appeal in the criminal justice system: reality, trends and perspectives”, Minsk, 19 December 2017 [ENG]
- Joint event of the Council of Europe, the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Russian Federation "Development of a new training course: Rights and obligations in sport", Moscow, 26 October 2017 [ENG]
- High-level Conference on the harmonisation of case law and judicial practice, Athens, 29 September 2017 [ENG]
- Conference "Immigration Detention of Children: Coming to a Close?", Prague, 25-26 September 2017 [ENG]:
- High-Level Conference “Binding Effect of the Judicial Decisions”, Brno, 20-21 June 2017 [ENG]
- 2017 HELP Network Conference: "HELP for Friendly Justice" Strasbourg, 19 June 2017 [ENG]
- Conference on Appeal and Individual Application to the Constitutional Court, Istanbul, 1 June 2017 [ENG]
- 54th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey, Ankara, 25-26 April 2016 [ENG]
- Opening speech at the official launching conference project "Continued support to the criminal justice reform in Ukraine", 25 November 2015 [ENG]
Articles and Interviews
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