Ella Dodd and Stephanos Stavros

Ella Dodd is the project coordinator at I Have Rights. IHR provides free individual legal assistance to migrants on Samos. It documents human rights violations on the island and engages in advocacy and strategic litigation to hold the Greek government and European institutions to account. Stephanos Stavros is a human-rights lawyer who has worked in the past for the ECtHR and other Council of Europe monitoring mechanisms. He takes on Human Rights Legal Project cases on a regular basis and has contributed to the Hellenic League of Human Rights’ submission in Safi.

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Safi and Others and the Council of Europe’s role in preventing further tragedies off the Greek shores

Safi and Others and the Council of Europe’s role in preventing further tragedies off the Greek shores

In June 2023 a boat carrying migrants sank near Pylos (Greece), causing 300-650 deaths. The investigation into the incident is ongoing and, because of the interest that the country’s highest prosecution authorities have shown into it, ...