Mando is a barrister and solicitor (Greece, 2006 – present) (currently non-practicing). 

She is also the legal advisor for Binary, a non-profit organisation on digital rights in Greece.

Mando has advised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and the Ministry of Interior of Qatar on Internet regulation and policy. She has given expert input to the UN Special Rapporteur on Privacy regarding the draft legal instrument on government surveillance and privacy and provided written comments. She was a participant to the Research Group on Human Rights Protocols Considerations (Internet Research Task Force) drafting human rights related guidelines to be considered by the engineering community when creating and updating Internet standards.

Policy Making & Expert Contributions

Governmentals Stakeholders

  • Invited expert contribution to the independent evaluation of the international cybersecurity policy of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Policy and Operations Evaluation Department, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Jun 2020)
  • Expert Participation, invited to the Consultative Meeting on Cyber Crime Law in Qatar (Doha Centre for Media Freedom, Doha, Feb 2015)
    I offered legal advice on the drafting of the cybercrime law and the data protection law.
  • Expert Participation, invited by the Qatar Ministry of Information and Telecommunication Technology, ‘Cyber Security in the Middle East’ (Nov 2014)
    I offered legal and policy advice on the formulation and implementation of a cybersecurity strategy in Qatar.

Non-Governmentals Stakeholders

  • Expert contribution, upon invitation by the UN Special Rapporteur on Privacy (MAPPING event, Rome, Jan 2018)
    I discussed the draft legal instrument on government surveillance and privacy and provided written comments.
  • Invited expert contribution, Open Consultation on the UN Group of Government Experts (UN GGE) 2015 Cyber Norm recommendations regarding responsible State behaviour in cyberspace (Leiden University, Oct 2017)
    I offered comments on international human rights law and cyberspace – Norm (e).
  • Participant to the Research Group on Human Rights Protocols Considerations, Internet Research Task Force (May 15 – present)
    Drafting human rights related guidelines to be considered by the engineering community when creating and updating Internet standards.
  • Participant to the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability, ICANN (Nov 14 – Dec 16) Proposing enhanced accountability and transparency mechanisms to be established within ICANN.