Dr. Kalliopi Chainoglou graduated with an LLB from the University of Essex in 2001 and she completed her LLM in Public International Law at University College London in 2002. She was awarded a PhD in International Law from King's College London in 2007. Dr. Chainoglou joined the CHRC as a Research Fellow in December 2012. Prior to joining the CHRC, she worked as a lawyer specialising in human rights and a lecturer at the Hellenic Air Force Academy, the University of Macedonia, the International Hellenic University and other universities in Greece.

Dr. Chainoglou is an appointed expert on Cultural Trends and Policies in Europe (COMPENDIUM, Council of Europe) and an expert on Advancing the Implementation of Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security in Western Balkans (UNWOMEN CSEE). 

• International peace and security
• International Organisations
• Human rights (women's rights, migrants' rights, the rights of Roma and the rights of people with disabilities)
• Cultural diplomacy 

•  “An assessment of cyber warfare issues in the light of international humanitarian law” in R. Barnidge (ed.), The Liberal Way of War: Legal Perspectives (Ashgate, 2013)
•  K. Chainoglou and T. Christodolidou, “Proportionality”, contribution to M. Weller, OUP Handbook on Non-use of force (submitted for publication)
• “The protection of the rights of the people with mental disabilities in Europe”, Cyprus Human Rights Law Review (to be published in 2013)
• “Psychological Warfare”, contribution to Max Planck Yearbook of Public International Law, Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg,  (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012) vol.8, p.559,
•  “Intercultural Education: A perpetual target of the Council of Europe”, in D. Syrri (ed.), Living with Migration (Publishers Ianos, Thessaloniki, 2011)
•  “An Assessment of Jus in Bello Issues Concerning Computer Network Attacks: A Threat Reflected in National Security Agendas”, (2010) 12 Romanian Journal of International Law 25-63
•  “Book Review: Bruce D. Jones, Shepard Forman, Richard Gowan (eds). Cooperating for Peace and Security, Evolving Institutions and Arrangements in a Context of Changing US Security Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. pp. 332. ISBN: 9780521889476” (2011) 22 (3): European Journal of International Law 912-917
• K. Chainoglou et al., Aut dedere Aut judicare against international terrorism, (2011) 64:2 Revue Hellenique de Droit Internationale 833-860
•  “UN: Controversial institutions and practices remnants of the Cold War”, in T. Karvounarakis (ed.), Cold War: An Interdisciplinary approach, (Kritiki, Thessaloniki, 2011) [in Greek]
• K. Chainoglou, “Regional Integration and African Economic Organisations”, Proceedings of the 2009 Conference of the Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations (I. Sideris, Athens, 2011) [in Greek]
• K. Chainoglou et al., Aut dedere Aut judicare against international terrorism, (United Nations, Geneva, 2010)
•  “Recent developments in the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities within the European framework: The European Community and the Council of Europe”, (2010) 63:2 Revue Hellenique de Droit Internationale 811-837
• K. Chainoglou, Compendium of ECHR and CAT case law, in P. Naskou-Perraki, International Human Rights Protection Mechanisms, (Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers/Bruyant, Athens, 2010).
• P. Naskou-Perraki, K. Chainoglou, and N. Zaikos, “Diplomatic and Consular Law”, (Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers, Athens, 2010) [in Greek].
• Reconceptualising the Law of Self-Defence, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers/Bruyant, Athens/Brussels, 2008.
• P. Naskou-Perraki, K. Chainoglou, and M. Tsakiri, The protection of women’s rights on universal and regional level: Collection of international instruments, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers, Athens, 2008, [in Greek].
• “The UN Convention against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”, in P. Naskou-Perraki (ed.), International Human Rights Protection Mechanisms: International Documents, Theory and Practice, (Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers, Athens, 2008) [in Greek].
• K. Chainoglou, “International Convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families” contribution to P. Naskou-Perraki (ed. ), International Human Rights Protection Mechanisms: International Documents, Theory and Practice, (Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers, Athens, 2008) [in Greek].
• “Modern Security Threats: Challenging the Accepted Understandings of the Right of Self-Defence", in D. Frenkel (ed.) Selected Papers on Current Legal Issues, (Athens Institute of Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, 2008).
• “Book Review: Defining Terrorism in International Law. Ben Saul. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2006”, (2008) 14 European Law Journal 509-511.
• “Revisiting the law of self-defence in the light of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction proliferation” in K. Chainoglou et al (eds.), International Terrorism and Changes in International Law, (Global Law Collection, Thomson Civitas Publishing Company, 2007) 19-79.
• K. Chainoglou and T. Christodoulidou, “The Principle of Proportionality in Self-Defence and Humanitarian Intervention”, (2007) 2 Journal for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict 79-90.
• “Reconceptualising Self-Defence in International Law”, (2007) 18 King’s Law Journal 61-94.
• “Saving Fish From Drowning: The Responsibility to Protect”, (2006) 35 International Law News 16-18.