Refugee Rights Europe ; Greek Helsinki Monitor ; OMCT ; Advocates Abroad ; apois ; Avocats Sans Frontieres ; Elpida Home ; Equal Rights Beyond Borders ; Human Rights 360 ; Mobile Info Team ; Samos Volunteers ; Still I Rise ; Refugee Law Clinic Berlin

2019

Abstract: In advance of Greece’s periodic review as a party to the Convention against Torture, Refugee Rights Europe, along with partner organisations, submitted a version of this report to the Committee against Torture on the situation for asylum seekers and refugees in Greece. The report finds evidence of sweeping human rights violations of displaced people and refugees on mainland Greece and the islands of Chios, Lesvos and Samos, violations that could amount to cruel and unusual treatment and torture. The civil society actors that contributed to this report represent a diverse range of sectors, geographic regions, and organisational structures: from national and international NGOs to small volunteer-based aid groups and grassroots legal aid organisations.

Keyword(s): Greece ; Human Rights ; Refugees ; Migration