The European Court of Human Rights is an emblematic judicial body implementing the fundamental principles and values of the European Convention on Human Rights on a daily basis. From the recognition of the right to individual application by Greece to this day, the European Court’s of Human Rights (ECtHR) contribution to Greek legal matters has drastically increased. The ECHR infiltrates all branches of domestic law and is an integral part of the workload of lawyers and judges. The current circumstances have created a significant increase of applications against Greece brought before the ECtHR. What are the main categories of cases adjudicated by the Court? Which are the dimensions they mostly highlight? How are the Court’s judgments being executed? How does the Greek judge deal with the ECtHR case-law? How can lawyers use the ECHR and the Court’s jurisprudence?

For all these questions, the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights is organising an online event on Wednesday 8 September 2021 at 17:00 pm, which will be live streamed on Facebook and YouTube.

Program:

Moderation:

Linos-Alexander Sicilianos, Dean of the Faculty of Law-NKUA, f. President of the ECtHR

Οpening Remarks and Speeches:

• Ioannis Ktistakis, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

• Evgenia Veloni, President of the State Legal Service

• Aikaterini Lazana, Référendaire at the European Court of Human Rights

• Polina Asimaki, Référendaire at the European Court of Human Rights

• Efstathia Tsaousi, Legal Counsel of the State

• Vasilis Chirdaris, Supreme Court Lawyer