Christina Akrivopoulou

Christina Akrivopoulou holds a PhD in Constitutional Law. Her main research interests concern human and constitutional rights, the protection of the right to privacy, data protection, the private-public distinction and citizenship. She teaches law as a Special Scientist in the faculty of Political Sciences of the Democritus University of Thrace and in the Hellenic Open University, in Greece where she currently lives. She also is a post doctoral researcher of the Greek State Scholarships Foundation and she works as an attorney of law at the Thessaloniki Law Bar Association. She is collaborating with several Greek law reviews and she is a member of many non-governmental human rights organizations in Greece and abroad. She has edited for IGI the volume, “Personal Data Privacy and Protection in a Surveillance Era: Technologies and Practices” which has been published in 2010.

Publications

Global Perspectives on Human Migration, Asylum, and Security
Global Perspectives on Human Migration, Asylum, and Security
Christina M. Akrivopoulou. © 2018. 268 pages.
Unstable social climates are causing the displacement of large numbers of people around the world. Thus, the issue of safe replacement arises causing the need for new policies...
Preface
Preface
Christina M. Akrivopoulou. © 2017. 9 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization.
Citizen and Citizenship in the Era of Globalization: Theories and Aspects of the Classic and Modern Citoyen
Citizen and Citizenship in the Era of Globalization: Theories and Aspects of the Classic and Modern Citoyen
Christina M. Akrivopoulou. © 2015. 16 pages.
The present chapter offers a short account of citizenship, its history, its constitution, and its main theoretical approaches. It is divided in four principal sections. The first...
Dignity as the Ultimate Boundary to the Freedom of Speech: An Account of Jeremy Waldron's “Harm in Hate Speech” Argument
Dignity as the Ultimate Boundary to the Freedom of Speech: An Account of Jeremy Waldron's “Harm in Hate Speech” Argument
Christina M. Akrivopoulou. © 2015. 6 pages.
Freedom of speech as a prerequisite of free communication, expression, and dissemination of ideas is the most fundamental pillar of any truly democratic society. Though of...
Protecting the Genetic Self from Biometric Threats: Autonomy, Identity, and Genetic Privacy
Protecting the Genetic Self from Biometric Threats: Autonomy, Identity, and Genetic Privacy
Christina M. Akrivopoulou. © 2015. 301 pages.
Privacy is a fundamental concern of all individuals in the modern information-driven society, but information security goes beyond digital and data-oriented approaches to include...
Sexual Orientation, Female Genital Mutilation, and Health in Asylum Cases: International and ECHR Jurisprudence
Sexual Orientation, Female Genital Mutilation, and Health in Asylum Cases: International and ECHR Jurisprudence
Christina M. Akrivopoulou, Theodora Roumpou. © 2015. 15 pages.
This chapter examines three categories of cases regarding asylum and refugee rights according to the Geneva Convention provisions (1951) and the European Convention of Human...
Sterilization of Women: Legal and Ethical Dilemmas
Sterilization of Women: Legal and Ethical Dilemmas
Christina M. Akrivopoulou, Maria N. Asproudi. © 2015. 20 pages.
This chapter explores the international practices and policies regarding women sterilization and the legal and ethical dilemmas they pose. As is analyzed, women, in many places...
Human Rights and the Impact of ICT in the Public Sphere: Participation, Democracy, and Political Autonomy
Human Rights and the Impact of ICT in the Public Sphere: Participation, Democracy, and Political Autonomy
Christina M. Akrivopoulou, N. Garipidis. © 2014. 371 pages.
The creation of a new public realm through the use of the Internet and ICT may positively promote political liberties and freedom of speech, but could also threaten the political...
Dignity as the Ultimate Boundary to the Freedom of Speech: An Account of Jeremy Waldron's “Harm in Hate Speech” Argument
Dignity as the Ultimate Boundary to the Freedom of Speech: An Account of Jeremy Waldron's “Harm in Hate Speech” Argument
Christina M. Akrivopoulou. © 2014. 7 pages.
Freedom of speech as a prerequisite of free communication, expression, and dissemination of ideas is the most fundamental pillar of any truly democratic society. Though of...
Digital Democracy and the Impact of Technology on Governance and Politics: New Globalized Practices
Digital Democracy and the Impact of Technology on Governance and Politics: New Globalized Practices
Christina M. Akrivopoulou, Nicolaos Garipidis. © 2013. 389 pages.
The evolution of modern technology has allowed digital democracy and e-governance to transform traditional ideas on political dialogue and accountability. Digital Democracy and...
Citizen and Citizenship in the Era of Globalization: Theories and Aspects of the Classic and Modern Citoyen
Citizen and Citizenship in the Era of Globalization: Theories and Aspects of the Classic and Modern Citoyen
Christina M. Akrivopoulou. © 2013. 16 pages.
The present chapter offers a short account of citizenship, its history, its constitution, and its main theoretical approaches. It is divided in four principal sections. The first...
Human Rights and Risks in the Digital Era: Globalization and the Effects of Information Technologies
Human Rights and Risks in the Digital Era: Globalization and the Effects of Information Technologies
Christina M. Akrivopoulou, Nicolaos Garipidis. © 2012. 363 pages.
Globalization, along with its digital and information communication technology counterparts, including the Internet and cyberspace, may signify a whole new era for human rights...
The Right to Public Privacy under Surveillance: CCTV Technology and the Myth of ‘Public Security’
The Right to Public Privacy under Surveillance: CCTV Technology and the Myth of ‘Public Security’
Christina M. Akrivopoulou. © 2012. 8 pages.
This chapter is critically commenting on the augmenting policy of public surveillance through the ‘Public Camera Surveillance’ system (CCTV technology) in Greece and in other...
Personal Data Privacy and Protection in a Surveillance Era: Technologies and Practices
Personal Data Privacy and Protection in a Surveillance Era: Technologies and Practices
Christina Akrivopoulou, Athanasios Psygkas. © 2011. 402 pages.
In recent years, with rapidly advancing technology and a more globalized culture, the importance of privacy has become paramount. The legal protection of privacy against these...
Genetic Privacy: A Right between the Individual, the Family and the Public Interest
Genetic Privacy: A Right between the Individual, the Family and the Public Interest
Christina M. Akrivopoulou. © 2011. 20 pages.
Privacy is a right with many aspects. Although, a uniform approach on privacy is quite often sought, a consensus is growing that there are not only one but many privacy rights....
Navigating in Internet: Privacy and the “Transparent” Individual
Navigating in Internet: Privacy and the “Transparent” Individual
Christina Akrivopoulou, Aris Stylianou. © 2009. 14 pages.
The chapter faces a series of questions that the digital era raises as far as the protection of privacy is concerned. Technology and specifically internet, apart from posing...