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Crime
Greek Judge Sicilianos Elected President of European Court of Human Rights
Greek judge Linos Alexandros Sicilianos was elected as President of the European Court of Human Rights on Monday.
According to a press release issued by the court on Monday afternoon, Sicilianos will take office on May 5, 2019.
Sicilianos will succeed the...
Greece
European Court Condemns Greece for Treatment of Child Migrants
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday condemned Greece for their treatment of child migrants and refugees in cases dating to early 2016.
It ordered Greece to pay €4,000 to each of the nine migrants and refugees aged...
Crime
European Court Rules Against Greece in Sharia Law Case
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Wednesday that Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country's Muslim minority.
According to an AP report, the court ruled...
Diplomacy
Turkish FM Calls Muslim Minority of Thrace "Turks", Says Rights Violated
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday once again called people belonging to the Muslim minority of Western Thrace "Turks" whose rights are being violated by Greece.
The statement came in response to a European Court of Human Rights decision...
Crime
EU Court Rules Against Greece in 2005 Wiretapping Death
A European court has ordered Greece to pay damages to relatives of a Vodafone Telecoms executive who was found dead on the eve of the government’s discovery of a major illegal wiretapping operation targeting the country’s political and military...
Crime
European Court Fines Greece for Violation of Foreign Workers' Rights
The European Court of Human Rights vindicated the victims and awarded damages of thousands of euros for migrants who were employed in strawberry crops in Manolada under appalling living and working conditions.
Judging the appeal of 42 laborers from Bangladesh,...
Greece
European Court of Human Rights Elects Greek Judge New Vice-President
"The European Court of Human Rights elected a new Vice-President – Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos (Greece) – on Monday March 20 2017," says the ECHR press release.
Sicilianos has been elected for a three-year term and will take up his duties on...
Greece
UK-Based Greek Scientists Help Develop AI 'Judge' that Predicts European Court Rulings
A team of Greek scientists and legal experts based in the United Kingdom have helped to develop a groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that is able to predict the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in...
Cyprus
Effectiveness of IPC to Be Examined by the ECtHR
The effectiveness of the “immovable property commission” set up in the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus, will be examined by the European Court of Human Rights, lawyer Achilleas Demetriades told CNA, on the occasion of the payment by the...
Archaeology
European Court of Human Rights Throws Out First Legal Bid to Return the Elgin Marbles to Greece [video]
It has been 200 years since Greece was robbed of its famous marble Parthenon sculptures, known around the world as the so-called “Elgin Marbles.”
Just when it seemed that these 2,500-year-old marbles might actually be returned to their home in Athens,...