CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Gradan, Nejra |
|---|---|
| Title | Material Housing Conditions and Access to Healthcare of Asylum Seekers in Italy and Greece, European Convention of Human Rights Article 3 Assessment |
| Summary | The mass migration across the Mediterranean reached its peak in 2015 when over one million individuals reached the European shores and, as frontier states, Italy and Greece were the countries of first asylum for most new arrivals. Even though this unprecedented influx of individuals created a severe political, logistical, humanitarian and economic challenge for Italy and Greece, as state parties to the European Convention on Human Rights, they are obliged to respect human dignity and refrain, regardless of the circumstances, from subjecting individuals to any form of degrading treatment. This paper examined material housing conditions and access to healthcare afforded to asylum seekers in Italy and on the Greek Aegean islands. These findings were assessed in the light of standards set by the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on Article 3 of the European Convention which prohibits any form of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment. The research suggest that while it is plausible to argue that the material housing conditions and the healthcare of asylum seekers in Greece violates their absolute right not to be subjected to degrading treatment, the same cannot be said for Italy as the treatment does not reach the needed levels of severity to be considered degrading. |
| Supervisor | Bard Karoly |
| Department | Legal Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/gradan_nejra.pdf |
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