“Access to Protection: a Human Right”

Date:

September 2012 - April 2014

Administrator:

Italian Council for Refugees, Italy / Consiglio Italiano per i Rifugiati - (CIR-Onlus), Italy

Collaborators:

Helsinki Committee of Hungary, Hungary / Hungarian Helsinki Committee

The People for Change Foundation, Malta / The People for Change Foundation

Pro-Asylum, Germany

CEAR, Spain

Country:

The activities will be implemented in the countries where the partner organizations are located

Category:

European Program for Integration and Migration (EPIM)

Goals:

Align national / European policies and practices with the obligations under European Human Rights Acts, and in particular with the Strasbourg Court as set out in the Hirsi case, with regard to territorial access and protection.

Actions:

• Participation in the inaugural meeting in Rome
• Participation in the final European Seminar in Brussels / Strasbourg
• Support for research at European level
• Conducting research in Greece and writing a National Report
• Summary of the research findings in English
• Print and distribute National Report
• National Roundtable / promotion events

Results:

Improving Member States' respect for fundamental human rights regarding access to protection at the EU's external borders