Greece
Year: 2026
Report of the country visit
Exchanges with the Government
Letter to the Permanent Representative of Greece to the Council of Europe (23 June 2026) - In English
Year: 2025
Exchanges with the Government
Letter to the Permanent Representative of Greece to the Council of Europe (5 September 2025) - In English
Statement on the Suspension of the Right to Asylum in Greece ( 25 July 2025) - In English
CoE Committee of Ministers published the Communication from the Expert Council on NGO Law of the Conference of INGOs (10/08/2021) in the case of BEKIR-OUSTA AND OTHERS v. Greece (Application No. 35151/05)
The Expert Council on NGO Law of the Conference of INGOs is very concerned that the case of BEKIR-OUSTA AND OTHERS v. Greece (Application No. 35151/05) is not resolved yet. The Expert Council on NGO-Law once again has issued a strong statement to uphold the findings of the European Court of Human...
Statement of the Conference of INGOs on the suspension of the right to asylum in Greece
The Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe expresses deep concern on the adoption by the Hellenic Parliament of Article 79 of Law 5218/2025, suspending for three months the possibility to lodge asylum applications for persons arriving from North Africa and foreseeing their immediate...
Presidents of CINGO and its Expert Council reiterate concerns about Greece’s NGO registration and Ministerial Decision No. 82876 of 8 May 2026
In a letter sent today to the Permanent Representative of Greece to the Council of Europe, the presidents of the Conference of INGOs and of its Expert Council on NGO Law address Greece’s Ministerial Decision (MD) No. 82876 on the Establishment of the “Register of Greek and Foreign...
Conference of INGOs
Civil participation in Serbia and Greece: CINGO publishes two country reports calling for improvements
On the occasion of its Spring 2026 session, the Conference of INGOs has released two reports on civil participation that followed the country visits in Serbia (8-11 September 2025) and in Greece (11-15 novembre 2025). As regards Serbia, the report points in its conclusions to “a concerning...
CINGO President and Expert Council react to recent statements by Greece’s Minister of Migration and Asylum
In a letter dated 5 September to the Permanent Representative of Greece to the Council of Europe, the President of the Conference of INGOs and the President of its Expert Council on NGO Law react to recent statements by Greece’s Minister of Migration and Asylum commenting adversely on NGOs that...
Georgia and Greece passed problematic laws for NGOs, says CINGO’s Expert Council on NGO Law
The Expert Council on NGO Law, an expert body of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, has just published two opinions on recent legal changes introduced in Georgia earlier this month and in Greece in February, that particularly affect civil society activities. Georgia’s amendments to...
Climate Justice, Rights of the Child, participatory democracy in Serbia and Greece, 50th Anniversary, and other outcomes of CINGO’s Spring session
The Conference of International NGOs (CINGO) held its Spring 2026 session on 15-17 April 2026. Highlights of the session included: presentation of CINGO’s annual activity report for 2025 and preparation of activities in 2026, especially in relation to the Conference’s 50th Anniversary. It was...
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