President

Linos-Alexander Sicilianos

f. President of the European Court of Human Rights

Former Dean of the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens(2021-2024) and Professor of International Law, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens, Member of the Institute of International Law, Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, former President of the European Court of Human Rights, former Vice-President of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, former member of the Management and Executive Boards of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, former Vice-President and current member of the National Commission for Human Rights.

Vice President-Treasurer

Sotiris Mousouris

τ. Αναπληρωτής Γενικός Γραμματέας του ΟΗΕ

Lawyer-Economist, former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, former Deputy Governor of the  Hellenic Bank of Industrial Development, first President of the Organization for the Construction of the New Acropolis Museum, founder and President of the Hellenic-African Chamber of Commerce and Development, Honorary Doctorate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Peloponnese.

He has been awarded the Grand Companion of O.R. Tambo of South Africa for his contribution to the abolition of Apartheid and the development of Africa.

Author of the book: “Afghanistan…and suddenly the Talibans” (in Greek), etc.

General Secretary

Petros Damianos

Director of the Secondary School and High School of the Special Juvenile Detention Centre of Avlona

Teacher-Mathematician, with a Master’s degree in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology.

Former Director of the Primary, Secondary and High School of the Special Juvenile Detention Centre of Avlona, with extensive volunteer experience in various institutions, including shelters and educational organizations.

Member

Christoforos Argyropoulos

President of the Constitutional Rights Committee of the Athens Bar Association

President of the Constitutional Rights Committee of the Athens Bar Association and regular contributor (1981-2006) and responsible for the publication of the scientific journal of the Athens Bar Association “Nomiko Vima”. Chairman of the Special Legal Drafting Committee of the new Criminal Code and President of the Union of Greek Criminal Lawyers (1996-2013), founding member and member of the first Board of Directors of the Union of Greek Constitutionalists and other scientific associations.
President of the Melina Mercouri Foundation and of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Culture for the Return of the “Acropolis Marbles”. He also served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Organisation of the “Megaron the Great Music Hall (1986-2009). He primarily specialized in criminal law and civil rights cases, while also addressing a range of broader legal issues. Furthermore, he held the position of legal advisor to the Technical Chamber of Greece.

Member

Maria-Andriani Kostopoulou

Vice Director of MFHR, President of GREVIO

Vice Director of MFHR and President of the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO). She provides legal services to the Council of Europe on human rights issues and engages in human rights education in collaboration with both international and national bodies. She has served as Chair of the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on the Rights of the Child (CDENF) and has also been the Chair of CAHENF and CAHENF-VAC, member of the Advisory Board of the European HELP Programme and of the Executive Committee of the European Network of Experts on Gender Equality. She has authored approximately 50 publications in Greek, English, and French covering a wide range of topics in the field of human rights.