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Closed detention facilities are not prohibited by the ECHR, its president tells parliamentary committees
Closed detention facilities are not prohibited by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), as long as the European Convention on Human Rights’s Article 5 is observed, Court President Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos told a Greek Parliament committee on Tuesday.
Milestone ECHR ruling on migrant fruit pickers
The ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against Greece on the case of forced labour in the strawberry farms of Manolada in 2012 is a “milestone” for similar conditions of forced labour which unfortunately continue to exist, the lawyers of the organizations which represented the Bangladeshi workers in the court said on Thursday at a joint press conference in Athens.
ECHR condemns Greece for violating rights of conscientious objector
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned Greece for refusing to grant a citizen the status of conscientious objector and allow him to do alternative civilian work instead of military service.