The LCL is engaged in litigation in representation of migrants who have been subject to systemic state violence and violations of migrants’ human rights as a part of broader, both legalised and clandestine, state policies of border maintenance. In this context we have represented victims of police brutality, torture, and summary expulsions or “pushbacks”. We have also produced extensive reports and legal analysis demonstrating that Greece is engaging in crimes against humanity against migrants.
Cases
S.A.A. and others v. Greece
- 17 January 2023, Press Release: Forensic reconstruction video released today, evincing the Greek authorities’ illegal expulsion of 200 migrants off the coast of Crete in 2020
- Third Party Interventions:
- Submission by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the case of S.A.A. and Others v. Greece, July 2022
- Submission of European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights, ProAsyl, Refugee Support Aegean, July 2022
- Submission of ELDH, AED-EDL, ÇHD, and ÖHD, July 2022
- Submission of Greek Council of Refugees, HumanRights360, Hellenic League for Human Rights & Equal Rights Beyond Borders, August 2022
- 22 December 2021, European Court of Human Rights to examine 32 cases filed against Greece concerning illegal collective expulsions
- 26 April 2021, New case filed against Greece in European Court for massive pushback operation of over 180 migrants caught in storm near Crete
H.T. and others v. Greece
- 22 December 2021, European Court of Human Rights to examine 32 cases filed against Greece concerning illegal collective expulsions
- Third Party Interventions:
- Submission of ECCHR, ProAsyl, RSA, July 2022
- Submission of ELDH, AED-EDL, ÇHD, and ÖHD, July 2022
Published Reports
- Reconstruction video of massive 2020 Crete pushback, January 2023
- Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, December 2022
- Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders in Greece, June 2022
- Crimes Against Humanity in the Aegean, February 2021
- Collective Expulsions Documented in the Aegean Sea, July 2020
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