Greek judge Catherine (Aikaterini) Koutsopoulou, currently head of the Administrative First-Instance Court of Athens, has been elected by the UN General Assembly as a part-time judge of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal (UNDT).
Her non-renewable seven-year term begins on 1 July 2026.
She is only the second Greek judge ever appointed to the UN’s internal justice system, following Spyridon Flogaitis in 2000.
Koutsopoulou was selected from a record 391 applicants across 79 countries, progressing through written exams, interviews and integrity checks to become one of five part-time judges chosen.
With 15 years’ experience in administrative and disciplinary justice and expertise in asylum and migration law, she also serves as President of the European Region and global Vice-President of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges.
Her work with the ECJ, ECHR, Council of Europe and UNHCR, along with her PhD and post-doctoral research in EU and international law, has shaped her profile. In 2022, Greece’s Migration and Asylum Ministry honoured her with its Medal of Honour for outstanding judicial service.
Source: AMNA
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