Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) v. Greece (Complaint No. 173/2018) before the European Committee of Social Rights

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) v. Greece (Complaint No. 173/2018) before the European Committee of Social Rights, 9 August 2019, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2019/en/122905 [accessed 23 March 2025]
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Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) v.
Greece (Complaint No. 173/2018) before the European Committee of Social Rights

Comments:
In this submission, UNHCR addresses the domestic legislative framework and practice in Greece regarding reception conditions for children seeking international protection and the guardianship system for unaccompanied and separated children (Part 2) and provides UNHCR’s interpretation of the relevant principles of international refugee and human rights law governing such (Part 3). All other documents linked to the case: https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-social-charter/pending-complaints/-/asset_publisher/lf8ufoBY2Thr/content/complaint-no-173-2018-international-commission-of-jurists-icj-and-european-council-for-refugees-and-exiles-ecre-v-greece?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coe.int%2Fen%2Fweb%2Feuropean-social-charter%2Fpending-complaints%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_lf8ufoBY2Thr%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-4%26p_p_col_count%3D1

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