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Greek Woman Elected as Secretary General of European Court of Human Rights

On Tuesday, 53-year-old Marialena Tsirli became the very first woman to become Secretary General of the European Court of Human Rights. The native of Greece, who was born in Thessaloniki, was sworn in yesterday. Succeeding Briton Rodrick Lindell, she will...

ECHR Ruling Sparks Fear of EU-Wide Express Migrant Pushbacks

A recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of two migrants who were pushed-back to Morrocco from Spanish authorities in the Spanish enclave of Melilla in 2014 has caused reactions across the EU. The...

ECHR Accuses Greece of Violating Human Rights of Five Minor Migrants

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...

Government to Introduce Bill Making Mufti Islamic Jurists Optional for Muslims

Prime minister Alexis Tsipras said his administration would pass legislation to allow Muslim litigants to opt for a Greek court to resolve family disputes, instead of appealing to Islamic jurists known as muftis. For family law matters, Greek Muslims generally...

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...

Greek Scientists in London Invent ‘Judge’ That Can Predict Court Outcome

Two Greek scientists from the University College of London (UCL) and the University of Sheffield have devised an algorithm that can predict the outcome of complaints filed by applicants to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) with 79...

EU Court of Human Rights Condemns Greece for Human Trafficking Case

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday condemned Greece for not taking action to protect a Nigerian woman who was victim of a human trafficking ring that was exploiting her for two years. Pointing to "police negligence" and "investigation...

ECHR Rules that Greece Violated Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Greece has violated the human rights of an immigrant from Afghanistan. Greece was sentenced for keeping a minor refugee from Afghanistan in a migrant holding center under unacceptable living conditions, along...

ECHR Orders Turkey To Compensate 2 Greeks

With a historic decision, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has obligated Turkey to pay a five-million euros compensation to two Greek citizens for material damage. The court ordered Turkey to pay the applicants, Ioannis Fokas and Evangelos Fokas,...

Anarchist Suspect Says Held Unlawfully

The lawyers of Greek terrorist suspect Kostas Sakkas held a press conference to denounce what they said was his unlawful detention by the government and said they would take his case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Greek...