Biography
**ICC List of Counsel (Defence and Victims)** 2024 – present
**Member, ICC Bar Association (ICCBA)** 2024 – present
**International and European Criminal Law — Core Practice**
Mr Anagnostakis has over two decades of practice at the intersection of criminal defence, international human rights law, and European criminal procedure, spanning Greek courts, the European Court of Human Rights, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, the European Criminal Bar Association, and the United Nations.
Key practice areas: international criminal law (ICC proceedings, command responsibility, modes of liability, victim participation); European criminal law (EAW, EIO, extradition); ECHR litigation (Arts. 6, 7, 10, 18); digital evidence and admissibility; rights of the defence and legal professional privilege.
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**United Nations — Arbitrary Detention**
Legal Counsel in the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention process resulting in Opinion No. 8/2016: *Colonel Richard Spyros Hagabimana v. Republic of Burundi*.
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**International and European Institutional Roles**
- Human Rights Officer / Chair, ECBA Human Rights Committee — 2020–present
- Member, Advisory Board, ECBA — 2011–present
- Member, Greek Delegation & Criminal Law / Human Rights Committees, CCBE — 2020–present
- Member, EU Expert Group on SLAPP (DG JUST) — 2023–present
- Member, Legal Experts Advisory Panel (LEAP), Fair Trials Europe — 2025–present
- Trainer, EU Procedural Rights in Criminal Proceedings, European Lawyers Foundation — 2020–present
- Guest Speaker, ERA Academy of European Law — 2023–present
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**Expert Witness — Westminster Magistrates' Court (Extradition)**
Recognised expert on Greek criminal law and procedure in extradition proceedings, providing opinion evidence measured against ECHR and EU fundamental rights standards. Cases brought by Courts of Appeal of Athens, Thessaloniki, Thrace, Crete, Dodecanese, and East Crete.
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**Publications and Policy**
- Contributor, World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2024
- Contributor, CEPS/QMUL Expert Group: *Criminal Justice, Fundamental Rights, and the Rule of Law in the Digital Age*
- Co-author, *Use of Video-Conferencing in Criminal Cases in a Post-Covid-19 World*, New Journal of European Criminal Law (forthcoming)
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**Qualifications**
- Barrister to the Hellenic Supreme Court — 2009–present
- Criminal Lawyer, Athens Bar Association (No. 25132) — 2002–present
- LLB, National Kapodistrian University of Athens — 2001