Bekir-Ousta and others group v Greece (Appl. No. 35151/05)

Briefed on: 6 September 2019, 23 November 2018 and on 24 November 2017

This group of cases concern the refusal by domestic courts to register associations on the grounds that their aim was to promote the idea that an ethnic Turkish minority existed in Greece.

Documents from the September 2019 briefing:

• Memo by by Mr Panayote Dimitras, Spokesperson of the Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM)

• July 2019 GHM Rule 9 about the case

M.S.S v Belgium and Greece (Appl. No. 30696/09)

Briefed on: 11 September 2020, and 20 February 2017

The M.S.S group of cases concerns the degrading treatment of the applicants (asylum seekers or irregular migrants) on account of their conditions of detention such as overcrowding, insufficient ventilation, lack of regular access to toilets or sanitary facilities, unsuitable food or inadequate allowances for food in various detention facilities. The ECtHR found such a treatment amount to a violation of Article 3 of the Convention (degrading ill-treatment).

Documents from the September 2020 briefing:

• Submission by Amnesty International to the Committee of Ministers

• Submission by HIAS Greece

• Joint video by Amnesty International and HIAS Greece

Documents from the February 2017 briefing:

• Submission of Amnesty International to the Committee of Ministers

• Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights