International monitoring of the implementation of each country’s commitments is of fundamental importance in order to ensure effective respect for human rights in practice.
The institutions, mechanisms and bodies for the protection of human rights at a universal, regional and national level provide the appropriate framework for the monitoring of implementation and States’ effective compliance with their commitments. The said framework includes the relevant procedural rights of natural and legal persons, non-governmental organisations and other groups, such as the right of individual application and the right to petition.
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The Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights and the Themistocles and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation organised an open event on Wednesday 13 December 2023, at 18:00, in the “Ioannis Drakopoulos” Auditorium, at the central building of the University of Athens, 30, Panepistimiou str.
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Interactions between general international law and human rights
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In the packed Great Hall of the University of Athens, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr Volker Türk, delivered, on 18 November 2024, quite a powerful keynote speech on the current crisis of human rights, titled «The centrality of Human Rights in the current context».The High Commissioner particularly noted that this crisis … Read more
The 2nd revised edition of the book “The Human Dimension of International Law” by Professor and President of the MFHR, Linos-Alexander Sicilianos, was launched on Wednesday, 13 November 2024, at the “Harris Karatzas” Hall of the Nomiki Vivliothiki Publishing House. Mr. Ioannis Sarmas, former Prime Minister and Honorary President of the Hellenic Court of Audit, … Read more
On Monday 24 June 2024, the opening ceremony of the 53rd Summer School of the International Institute for Human Rights René Cassin, that will be held from 24 June-19 July 2024, took place, in Strasbourg. During the ceremony, the President of the Institute, Professor Emmanuel Decaux, and the Director, Professor Sébastien Touzé welcomed the participants. … Read more