Dr. Artemis Papathanassiou, is an Attorney at Law and Senior Legal Advisor at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Greece.

She is specialized (PHD) in Public International Law. As a Legal Advisor at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she specializes and produces legal opinions on issues of Greek-Turkish relations, international terrorism, international nuclear law, international space law and international cultural property law. She has participated and participates in a large number of bilateral and multilateral negotiations, representing her country in the United Nations General Assembly, UNESCO, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, the Council of Europe, UNIDROIT and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization. For the period 2014-2016, she was the elected Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention of 1954 and Second Protocol of 1999).

She has been the Facilitator in the 2015 negotiations within the United Nations 70^th General Assembly for the elaboration of Resolution A/RES70/76 ”on the Return or Restitution of Cultural Property to the Countries of Origin”, adopted unanimously by the G.A. General Assembly in 12 December 2015.

Former Chairperson (2011-2012) of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in case of Illicit Appropriation (ICPRCP).

Nominated by Greece as Mediator/Conciliator for International Cultural Disputes in the List of Mediators and Conciliators of UNESCO.

She is one of the three Member of the Hellenic Advisory Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures.