Dimitris Christopoulos

Dimitris Christopoulos is a professor of state and legal theory at Panteion University in Athens and President Emeritus of the International Federation for Human Rights. As a public intellectual and activist, he works particularly on issues related to migration, citizenship and other human rights issues. Find him on @dichristopoulos.

Could Greece turn into another Hungary?

Insecurity breeds panic. It is only natural. This is not some Greek particularity

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 7 May 2021

Giannis Antetokounmpo and 200 years of Greek revolution

Greek identity has transformed multiple times over the country’s history. On the nation's bicentenary, we should welcome a shift towards inclusion

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 8 Mar 2021

Giannis Antetokounmpo and 200 years of Greek revolution

The Macedonian question and Greece’s national solitude

Ever since the creation of Yugoslav Macedonia in 1944, Greece has been burying its head in the sand. It wouldn’t see, because it could not stand to face it.

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 10 Jan 2019

The Macedonian question and Greece’s national solitude

Ever since the creation of Yugoslav Macedonia in 1944, Greece has been burying its head in the sand. It wouldn’t see, because it could not stand to face it.

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 10 Jan 2019

Τhe Golden Dawn trial: a major event for democracy in Greece and beyond

It's time to show that democracy does indeed protect itself from the enemies within.

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 26 Jan 2018

If there is hope in Colombia, then there can be hope everywhere

There's an opening for progress in Bogotá, but it could close soon.

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 30 Jun 2017

'Exiles in the Aegean': a year after the EU–Turkey deal

The EU-Turkey deal turns one year old on 18 March. Has it achieved its intended purpose?

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 18 Mar 2017

Human rights in a state of perpetual emergency

How long will it take for the European 'crisis' to be re-framed as the new norm, and what are the potential consequences of that shift?

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 5 Jan 2017

Human rights in a state of perpetual emergency

How long will it take for the European 'crisis' to be re-framed as the new norm, and what are the potential consequences of that shift?

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 5 Jan 2017

Greece still has political life beyond austerity. But what kind of life is it?

As the Greek government cosies up to the church and right-wing forces become more extreme, human rights and national stability are coming under increasing threat.

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 17 Nov 2016

Greece still has political life beyond austerity. But what kind of life is it?

As the Greek government cosies up to the church and right-wing forces become more extreme, human rights and national stability are coming under increasing threat.

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 17 Nov 2016

Refugees are the bogeyman: the real threat is the far right

The EU-Turkey deal was more an attack on the rising far right than on refugee flows across the Aegean Sea. Yet, it hasn’t worked.

By Dimitris Christopoulos

/ 9 Nov 2016