Human Rights

At a time of multiple crises and weakening of social cohesion, ideologies of inequality gain attractiveness and diffusion in Greek society. Addressing them requires our mobilization to defend human rights, combat discrimination, respect for diversity and equal social inclusion of vulnerable social groups.

Notis Mitarakis in the Hellenic Parliament

On the border: Greece’s response to Afghan asylum seekers

Commentary

Just days after Taliban violently seized control of Afghanistan, the Greek Minister for Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarakis, has warned of a repeat of the situation in 2015 and announced that Greece will not be the “gateway to Europe for illegal Afghan migrants”.

By Neda Noraie-Kia

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Social Media & Newsletter

Discrimination and Diversity

Aegean chronicles: A reporter’s confrontation with Europe’s failures and moral imperative

A 6-year-old boy from Afghanistan drowned in November 2020 off the coast of Samos. Ηe was with his father and other asylum seekers onboard a dinghy that was shipwrecked. The tragic loss of a child’s life hardly made an impression on the international media or public discourse in Greece.

By Giorgos Christides

Select Respect Festival 2020

FESTIVAL

Online this year, the Select Respect Festival is running on 19-22 November, with over 3.000 participations at the competition, from which 46 short films were selected, along with special screenings such as the "Nimic" movie of Yorgos Lanthimos

Anti-Semitism in Greece Today - Cover 2019

Anti-Semitism in Greece Today (Second Edition)

PUBLICATION

Examining the anti-Semitism phenomenon in Greece in the 21st century is based on the observation that post-Auschwitz anti-Semitism has not been eradicated neither in Greece nor in the rest of Europe, but is instead rising as evidence from recent studies show.

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Education for Democracy

Human rights & Democracy in School

SEMINAR

On Friday 12 and Saturday 13 April 2019, a seminar on gender identity, human rights and democracy in school was organised for educators in Thessaloniki, following two seminars on gender identity which took place in February in Athens

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Migration and Inclusion

Civil Society Work under threat Greece Refugees

On the radar – How civil society work is under threat in Greece

ANALYSIS

Civil society players have been working hard for years to safeguard the fundamental rights of people seeking asylum in Europe. This has made them the target of an aggressive policy of deterrence, endangering both refugees and solidarity work itself.

By Wasil Schauseil

Feminist foreign policy in action: exiled Afghan women MPs in Greece

COMMENTARY

Afghan women political representatives want to establish a parliament in exile in Greece: reason enough for me to pay them a visit and show my support.

By Hannah Neumann

Beyond the Crisis Mode of the EU-Turkey Refugee Agreement

E-paper

This policy paper assesses the effects of the EU Turkey Refugee Agreement for Greece, Turkey and the European Union. It provides an overview of the 2015 context and the development of the agreement and analyses its repercussions in the region as well as for the EU as a whole. It concludes that the EU needs a strong alternative to the current agreement with Turkey, which is rights-based and sustainable.

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