Demetris Demetriou
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Biography
Work Experience
Future Worlds Center
Unit:Development, Education and Humanitarian Affairs ;
Implementing Partner of UNHCR Project Strenghtening Asylum in Cyprus
Dates: November 2011 - present
Legal Advisor
Main Activities and Responsibilities: Legal representation in the field of asylum and refugee law at all stages of the asylum application.
Facilitating the submission of asylum applications at the Immigration Police Officers and detention centres. Submitting applications for legal aid on appeal at the Supreme Court of Cyprus. Liaising with the Ombudsman and governmental authorities to obtain adequate responses.
Ioannides Demetriou LLC
Dates: September 2010 - September 2011
Lawyer
Duties 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
Duties: 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, customer service and marketing tasks.
Military Service
- Title:
Sergeant - Trained as a Sergeant on the use of military equipment and enforcement of military policies and codes of conduct on soldiers of lower rank.
- Worked as a cashier and a waiter at the Military Officers Association.
Education
Legal Council of the Republic of Cyprus
- Degree: Cyprus Bar Exam
- Fields of study: Vocational Course, Licence to Practice 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)
