22/12/2025
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During the week of 8–12 December, Professor Linos-Alexandros Sicilianos, President of the MFHR, participated as a visiting professor in the LL.M. programme in International Law at the Faculty of Law of the Sorbonne University (Université Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne). At a particularly challenging time for the protection of human rights, the President of the MFHR analysed, … Read more
22/12/2025
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he Joint Master’s Programme “Identity, Education and Competences for Democratic Culture” (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & European Wergeland Centre) and the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights are pleased to invite submissions for the International Conference to be held in Athens, Greece, on April 25-26, 2026. The conference seeks to explore how the principles … Read more
09/12/2025
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From 1 January to 31 December 2026, GREVIO President and member of the MFHR’s governing board Maria-Andriani Kostopoulou will be taking on the presidency of the EDVAW Platform. The Platform brings together seven United Nations and regional independent expert mechanisms addressing discrimination and violence against women and girls: Through their coordinated action, these mechanisms strengthen … Read more
05/12/2025
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On Tuesday, November 25, 2025, the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR) and the Konstantinos & Artemis Kyriazis Foundation successfully co-organized a conference on the topic “Democracy in the face of contemporary challenges”, at the Goethe Institute Auditorium. A number of members of the judiciary, the academic community, civil society, and students attended the event. … Read more
10/11/2025
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This year marks 30 years since the adoption of the Collective Complaints System of the European Social Charter (ESC) — an innovation of the Council of Europe that enabled social partners and accredited civil society organisations to collectively defend social rights at the European level. Over the years, the collective complaints procedure has resulted in a significant body … Read more
05/11/2025
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The presentation of the proceedings volume of the conference organized by the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) in cooperation with the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR) “Interactions of the ECHR with the various branches of law” took place with great success on Tuesday, 4 November 2025, at … Read more
04/11/2025
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To mark 75 years of the ECHR, Professor Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, former Judge and President of the European Court of Human Rights (2011-2021), gave an interview to the Human Rights Here blog on the role of the judges and his insights into the institutional functioning of the Court. The interview was conducted by LLM Students Annkathrin … Read more
22/10/2025
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The Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights and the Laboratory of Criminal and Criminological Research of the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) co-organized with great success an event titled “Detention Conditions in Greek Prisons” on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at the ESIEA Hall. The event brought together academics, institutional representatives, and … Read more
24/09/2025
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On Thursday, September 18, 2025, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights, a half-day event titled “The Converging Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Istanbul Convention: A Scientific Dialogue Between the European Court of Human Rights and GREVIO” was successfully held at the Council … Read more
18/09/2025
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Yesterday, September 17, 2025, at 16:00, an award ceremony was held for students of the Law School of the University of Athens, who stood out for their participation in international moot court competitions during the academic year 2024-2025. The Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR) was represented by its President, Professor Linos-Alexandros Sicilianos. For yet … Read more
