PRESS RELEASE of the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights Human Rights Day On 10 December, the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights joins the international community in celebrating Human Rights Day, marking the historic adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly. Since 1950, this day has served … Read more
PRESS RELEASE of the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights ECtHR Judgment in the case of Scuderoni v. Italy(23 September 2025) Today’s judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of Scuderoni v. Italy highlighted serious shortcomings in the response of the Italian authorities to complaints of domestic violence. Since February 2018, … Read more
PRESS RELEASE of the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights ECtHR, Vervele v. Greece (26.8.2025): The compensatory remedy under Law 4239/2014 found ineffective Just before the end of August, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a landmark judgment on the problem of excessively lengthy proceedings, in the case Vervele v. Greece (26.8.2025). A public … Read more
PRESS RELEASE by Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights “The most important case of our time”: Climate change before the International Court of Justice and human rights On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ or the ‘Court’) issued its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change. This historic … Read more
Key points of the Focus Section: Shrinking Space for Women’s Rights Defenders
On 27 February 2025, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in the case of X v. Cyprus, which concerned the ineffective investigation of the applicant’s complaint of gang rape and the inadequate response of the Cypriot authorities leading to her secondary victimisation. The Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights stresses the importance of … Read more
The Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights presents some of the “key findings” of the latest EU Survey, which are available here. For the full text of the survey in English click here.
In the packed Great Hall of the University of Athens, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr Volker Türk, delivered, on 18 November 2024, quite a powerful keynote speech on the current crisis of human rights, titled «The centrality of Human Rights in the current context».The High Commissioner particularly noted that this crisis … Read more
The 2nd revised edition of the book “The Human Dimension of International Law” by Professor and President of the MFHR, Linos-Alexander Sicilianos, was launched on Wednesday, 13 November 2024, at the “Harris Karatzas” Hall of the Nomiki Vivliothiki Publishing House. Mr. Ioannis Sarmas, former Prime Minister and Honorary President of the Hellenic Court of Audit, … Read more
With the completion of six years since Mrs. Elli Yiotopoulou-Sicilianou assumed the presidency of the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR), and the particularly remarkable activity that the MFHR has developed during her term of office, Mrs. Elli Yiotopoulou-Sicilianou has decided to leave the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of our Foundation, wishing … Read more