Konstantina Karagkouni

Konstantina Karagkouni works as a Research Associate for the Beyond Compliance Consortium, based at Utrecht University. She holds an LL.M. in Public International Law, specializing in Security and Conflict from Utrecht University, an LL.M. in Public International Law, and an LL.B. in Law, both awarded by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Prior to joining the Consortium, Konstantina interned at the T.M.C. Asser Institute, worked as a legal assistant for an NGO in Samos, Greece, specializing in pushbacks and enforced disappearances, and served as a student assistant on the project ‘Civilian Agency, Armed Groups, and International Law’ under the leadership of Professor Katharine Fortin. Konstantina is also an EU-qualified lawyer, admitted to the Piraeus Bar Association, and has worked in private practice in Greece.

Guatemala, Chimaltenango, San Juan Comalapa. For the Day of the Dead, Rosa, 42, and her mother Feliciana, 79, pray in front of the altar the family has arranged to honor the memory of Encarnación Apen Curruchic, their brother, who went missing when he was 18.

Beyond Compliance Symposium: Sanctions and Silence – Intergenerational Trauma and Legal Gaps

By Konstantina Karagkouni / July 31, 2025

This post forms part of phase two of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, hosted by the Armed Groups and International Law blog. The introductory post can be found here. The symposium invites reflection on the conceptualisation of negative everyday lived experiences of armed conflict, and legal and extra-legal …

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