European Court of Human Rights

Greece has been convicted many times in the past decade by EU courts on issues ranging from environmental protection and labor rights to human rights and railway infrastructure. Most recently, Greece was summoned to the EU Court of Justice for...

Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdish PKK organization, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), accusing Greece of violating his rights during his stay in the country. ECHR approved his appeal and a hearing will be...

Philanthropist and human rights activist Osman Kavala was sentenced to life in prison by a court in Turkey on Monday. The decision was condemned by the US, Germany, and a host of international human rights organizations. The conviction, which found...

Osman Kavala, the most famous detainee in Turkey, was the subject of a Council of Europe vote on Thursday. The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers voted to start infringement proceedings against Turkey over their failure to free the human...

Greek authorities are accused of using harsh tactics called "pushback" to deter refugees from entering Greece by sea.

Greek lawyer Ioannis Ktistakis, an Associated Professor of Law at Democritus University in Thrace, was elected Tuesday as judge to the European Court of Human Rights. He was elected by the Council’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). An announcement by PACE reads: "Mr Ktistakis,...

Marialena Tsirli, a Greek native, is the first woman to be appointed Secretary-General of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Marialena Tsirli, a graduate of the Ursulines Hellenic-French School and the Athens Law School, continued her postgraduate and doctoral...

Enclosed detention facilities for migrants and asylum seekers are not prohibited by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), its President said on Tuesday at a briefing in the Greek Parliament. Court President Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos said that as long as...

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Friday announcing the decision taken by the country's current administration regarding their nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020. ''Greece, by the decision of the Greek government, proposes the...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Greece had violated the human rights of five minors aged between 14 and 17 years. The unaccompanied minors had entered the EU via Greece in 2016, desiring to go to...