I'm honored and excited to be nominated for the #SPT in respect of #Cyprus! In a time when #TorturePrevention is more critical than ever, I am eager to bring my dedication and experience to the SPT. Here's an overview of my experience and priorities if elected🤞👇

An utterly illegal stance. However, given the hot socio-political context, it might be wise to bend the jurisdiction for examining asylum claims and promote Belarusian asylum seekers to other EU countries for the examination of their claim using the same law (CEAS).

Just when it became politically relevant, the Court issued a Judgment in a 5 year old case, warning that returns to Greece would probably entail violations of the ECHR. It is of course a very helpful (for refugees and for the Rule of Law) development. Nevertheless, while returns

Greece has been pressured to have an "effective remedy" for prisoners to complain about their detention conditions. For more than a year upon adoption of what aspired to be considered an effective remedy, there was no decision granting an award, despite the hundreds of appeals. A

Unfortunately I don't share the enthusiasm about this piece of news, because if one pays deeper attention one sees what the Court said: if the applicants were originating from countries that are considered to be safe and were not vulnerable, they could be hosted in a country out

Only in #Rwanda : reading my Blueprint for revolution book may send you on trial, accused of plotting against dear leader #Kagame. Time to stand with brave Rwandan activists against injustice! CANVAS Human Rights Foundation (HRF) jambonews.net/en/actualites/…

The #UN #HRCttee 🇺🇳 is about to start the #ICCPR review of the third periodic report of #GREECE 🇬🇷 with the State delegation 🔴 Follow live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16/k… UN Treaty Bodies UN Human Rights

Je me réjouis de l’adoption du projet de Convention sur la protection des avocats par le Comité directeur de la coopération juridique du Conseil de l’Europe. Conseil de l'Europe En accord avec les principes de droit international applicables, ce nouvel instrument juridique vise à garantir

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UN special rapporteur slams Trump's sanctions on ICC as 'direct attack' on international justice v.aa.com.tr/3482644

Lawyers are increasingly becoming targets of harassment, intimidation and attacks. The Council of Europe’s new Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer requires states to protect them in various ways. ⬇️

The Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the 46 Council of Europe member States will hold their annual session tomorrow, to be preceded today by the opening for signature of the Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer. More information ⬇️ coe.int/en/web/portal/…

Food should never come with gunfire. Over 500 Palestinians have been killed and 4,000 injured under Israel’s militarized distribution scheme in Gaza. This is not a humanitarian response. More than 170 organizations, including @Amnesty, are calling for an end to this deadly

We join TLSP and others to condemn the arrest of #lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan and call for his immediate release. #Türkiye must stop interfering with the legitimate work of lawyers and ensure access to legal counsel for all. 👉Read the full statement: lawyersforlawyers.org/unlawful-deten…

Je lis avec vive préoccupation des informations inquiétantes selon lesquelles certains parlementaires français se sont opposés à un rappel du respect des décisions de la Cour pénale internationale. humanite.fr/politique/asse…

“We will pull the breaks on this system” In a defiant interview with MEE LIVE’s Mohamed Hassan, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt says her family is willing to make sacrifices and weather the effects of US sanctions in order to continue fighting for an end to genocide in Gaza

The Hellenic Action for Human Rights "Pleiades", Lawyers Without Borders (GR) and DYYAD - Network for the Support of Human Rights Defenders condemn the #US government Department of State 's punitive sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied #Palestinian Territory,

Greece’s new legislative proposal negatively impacts people’s rights, at points in open violation of EU law and standards, imparts a punitive direction to the country’s migration policy and seeks to prematurely frontline the EU commission’s return strategy amnesty.org/en/documents/e…

A Judgment containing some interesting views of the Court. However, it comes 12 years upon we lodged the application. It is very difficult to taste redress after such a long time.