05/03/2026
The case of Vervele v. Greece before the European Court of Human Rights arose from a labour dispute involving wage claims by an employee against a public hospital and raised issues concerning the excessive length of proceedings and the effectiveness of domestic remedies. This judgment has broader institutional significance, as it highlights that the excessive … Read more
10/02/2026
The case of M.P. and Others v. Greece recognized for the first time that the national courts are required to examine of their own motion whether it would be appropriate to hear the child, either directly or otherwise, in order, if necessary, to rule out that possibility in a reasoned decision, in cases concerning him … Read more
09/02/2026
Nέα κατεύθυνση από την απόφαση ΕΔΔΑ,M.P. κ.ά. κατά Ελλάδας Μαρία-Ανδριανή ΚωστοπούλουΔ.Ν., Αν. Διευθύντρια του Ιδρύματος Μαραγκοπούλουγια τα Δικαιώματα του Ανθρώπου Η απόφαση M.P. κ.ά. κατά Ελλάδας του ΕΔΔΑ (Σεπτέμβριος 2025) αναγνώ-ρισε για πρώτη φορά ρητά την αυτεπάγγελτη υποχρέωση των εθνικών δι-καστηρίων να εξετάζουν τη σκοπιμότητα ακρόασης του παιδιού σε υπο-θέσεις που το αφορούν και να … Read more
26/05/2025
The third edition of the landmark publication “European Convention on Human Rights: Article -by- article Commentary” has been thoroughly updated and enriched, incorporating references to over 1,000 carefully selected judgments delivered between 2017 and 2025. Each article of the Convention is thus brought fully up to date with the most recent developments in case law. The … Read more
27/03/2025
The first monograph of our Fellow, Dr Maria-Louiza Deftou, is now out! Under the title “Exporting the European Convention on Human Rights”, this book explores how the European Convention on Human Rights operates and influences on the global stage. Through a horizontal and multifaceted study of regional and global systems, the book identifies the impact … Read more
07/02/2025
This monograph thinks anew international law by examining it through the lens of the international protection of human rights and the values they embody. This approach becomes even more timely in view of the contemporary developments in the international legal order. For the first time in its history, the International Court of Justice in The … Read more
26/11/2024
Interactions between general international law and human rights
17/04/2024
A short comment on the recent ECtHR’s judgments on climate change, by Professor Linos-Alexander Sicilianos, and Dr. Maria-Louiza Deftou, Research Fellow at the MFHR, published in the blog of the Εuropean Journal of International Law – EJIL: Talk!
02/04/2024
Project on Foster transparency of judicial decisions and enhancing the national implementation of the ECHR
