Iakovos Iakovidis is a Greek diplomat who has served at the Embassy of Greece in Beijing and at the Permanent Missions of Greece to the European Union and at the United Nations. From 2011 to 2014, as a UNGA Third Committee delegate, he was actively involved in the negotiation and adoption of human rights resolutions by the General Assembly. As an EU negotiator, he drafted resolutions on combating human trafficking, preventing corruption and promoting the Olympic Truce. He also led the consultations for Resolution A/67/L.34 on the return or restitution of cultural property. In 2013, he initiated the first ever UNGA Resolution on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity, that, among other, led to the proclamation of November 2 as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. His Ph.D. in the University of Athens focused on the interaction in public international law between immunities of States and State officials and peremptory norms of international human rights law, such as the prohibition of torture and crimes against humanity. He has published articles on the external dimension of the European Union and its negotiating strategy in human rights.