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Melina Antoniadis
(Pupil Barrister)
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Called

England and Wales (2024)

Ontario, Canada (2020)

Introduction

Melina Antoniadis was called to the Ontario Bar in 2020 and the Bar of England and Wales in 2024. She is a graduate of Leiden University (LL.M, cum laude) and McGill University (B.C.L/LL.B).

Melina has a busy practice in public international law. She has advised in proceedings before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and the European Court of Human Rights, some of which are ongoing. Melina is an Editor of the European Human Rights Reports.

Melina is the Founder of NOSTOS Strategies, the world’s first strategic consultancy offering advice to governments, organisations, communities, and individuals on the repatriation of cultural heritage. Melina is eager to grow her legal practice in matters relating to cultural heritage, especially in international law concerning the protection of cultural heritage, and welcomes instructions in this area.

Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, Melina is of Greek and Cambodian heritage. Melina can also accept instructions in both French and Greek.

Expertise & experience

Since her admission to the Ontario Bar, Melina has been practising as a sole practitioner in London and The Hague. She has advised in cases before the ICJ (e.g. Request for an Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change; Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v Chile)); ITLOS (e.g. Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law; Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Mauritius and Maldives in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius/Maldives)); and the ECtHR, including on issues related to climate change.

Melina’s areas of expertise include:

Arts and cultural heritage
Climate change and the environment
International criminal law
International human rights law
Investment treaty disputes
Public international law

Prior to being called to the Ontario Bar, Melina completed her legal training in Toronto, at the Crown Law Office of the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario, the civil litigation office for the government of Ontario. She has previously held positions at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg, the Office of the UN Prosecutor at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh, where she assisted with the final submissions in Case 004 (Investigation of Yim Tith), and as an international arbitration intern at Wilmer Hale LLP in London.