Demetris Demetriou

Demetris Demetriou With FWC November 2011 - present Key Project(s) Strengthening Asylum Degree(s) LLB Law, LLM Public International Law, Barrister-at-law - member of the Cyprus Bar since 2011

Work Experience

Future Worlds Center

Unit:Development, Education and Humanitarian Affairs ;
Implementing Partner of UNHCR Project Strengthening Asylum in Cyprus
Dates: November 2011 - present
Legal Advisor
Main Activities and Responsibilities:

• Legal representation in the field of asylum and refugee law.
• Facilitating the submission of asylum applications at the Immigration Police Offices and detention centres.
• Referring vulnerable persons to appropriate psychological support and accompanying them at RSD interviews.
• Advising first instance rejected applications followed by lodging and drafting appeals with reference to principles of international law, international conventions, EU law and EU directives, national law as well as EU and international case law and sources of country of origin information (COI)
• Submitting applications for legal aid at the Supreme Court of Cyprus.
• Liaising with the Ombudsman and governmental authorities in order to obtain adequate responses.

Ioannides Demetriou LLC

Dates: September 2010 - September 2011
Lawyer

• Undertaken seats in the corporate department and in general litigation.
• Qualified and admitted to the Cyprus Bar Association.
  
  

Blackstone Group: Nido Kings Cross

Dates: November 2007 - August 2008
Resident Assistant

• Created a sense of community through organising and advertising social and educational events for residents fortnightly.
• Responded to real life emergencies and offered day-to-day support.
• Carried out front desk administrative tasks and secretarial office support.
• Inspected common areas so as to maintain building safety.
• Acted as a reservations assistant through the promotion and marketing of the property to prospective customers.

Cypriot National Guard

Dates: July 2004 - August 2006
Sergeant

• Trained on enforcement of military policies and code of conduct on soldiers of lower rank.
• Participated in numerous military exercises and trained on the operation of military equipment and the execution of strategic operations
• Worked as a cashier and a waiter at the Military Officers Association.

Education

Legal Council of the Republic of Cyprus

• Degree: Cyprus Bar Exam Vocational Course
• Main fields of study:
  Civil Procedure
  Criminal Procedure
  Evidence
  Constitutional law
  Companies law
• Title earned: Barrister-at-law

University College London

• Degree: LLM Public International Law
• Fields of study:
  International Human Rights
  Foreing Relations Law
  International Law of the Sea
  International and Comparative Secured Transactions

City University London

• Degree: LLB Law
• Main fields of study:
  Contract law
  Criminal law
  Tort
  Constitutional and Administrative law
  Commercial law
  International Criminal Law
  European Law
• Title earned: Bachelor of Laws

Workshops - Seminars

• Training Seminar, 4-6 May 2012, Bologna, Italy
Title: ELENA Advanced Course, Generalised violence, Armed Conflict & the Need for International Protection
• Training Seminar, 14-15 December, 2011 / Nicosia, Cyprus
Title: Investigation and documentation of torture according to the Istanbul Protocol
• Training Seminar 16-17 November 2011, Nicosia, Cyprus
Title: Fleeing Homophobia, seeking safety in Europe: asylum on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity

Languages

• Mother tongue : Greek
• Other language : English (fluent), French (intermediate)