EPLO is an international organization dedicated to the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the area of Public Law lato sensu and Governance, including but not limited to, inter alia, national, comparative and European public law, human rights law and environmental law and the promotion of European values for a better generation of lawyers and democratic institutions worldwide.

EPLO was established in 2007 in Athens, Greece, as the continuation of the European Public Law Center (EPLC), a non-profit institution of international character, established in 1995 under the Law of the Hellenic Republic. To this date, it has developed, organized, promoted and supported more than 200 educational, research, training, institution building and other activities and has provided assistance to democratic institutions in more than 70 countries. In order to accomplish its purposes, the EPLO promotes the cooperation with other institutions, organizations and bodies in particular within the United Nations system. The EPLO has been granted the Observer Status at the General Assembly of the United Nations, at the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Labor Organization and the International Organization for Migration.

The EPLO Mission to the United Nations

The EPLO Mission to the United Nations represents EPLO and serves as the EPLO delegation to the United Nations headquarters in New York. The Mission seeks to promote common universal values for peace, human rights, solidarity and the rule of law around the globe and in a fruitful dialogue of cultures.

On November 1st 2018, the General Assembly of the United Nations, at its 31st plenary meeting and under the agenda item 176, adopted resolution A/73/462 titled “Observer status for the European Public Law Organization in the General Assembly” which: «invites the European Public Law Organization (EPLO) to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer; and requests the Secretary-General to take the action necessary to implement the present resolution».

This has been the outcome of a long process that was initiated by Portugal and was adopted unanimously by all member states.

The Permanent Mission of EPLO to the UN is headed by Permanent Representative and Ambassador Barbara Faedda.

On 21 May 2019, Ambassador Barbara Faedda, Ph.D. presented her credentials to the Secretary-General of the U.N., António Guterres:. Dr. Faedda is also the Executive Director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University in NYC.  Dr. Faedda is Adjunct Associate Professor in Columbia's Department of Italian, where she teaches courses on contemporary Italy.