Title	Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of N.E. and Others v. Greece (Appl. no. 8716/20) before the European Court of Human Rights
Publisher	UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Publication Date	11 November 2020
Country	Greece
Topics	Reception | Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness
Other Languages / Attachments	Decision (J.M. and M.S. v. Greece (Application no. 19999/20)) | Decision (T.M. and 4 Other applications v. Greece (Application nos. 51973/19, no. 60181/19, no. 371/20, no. 8716/20 and no. 10279/20))
Related Document(s)	A.D. v. Greece, Application no. 55363/19
Cite as	UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of N.E. and Others v. Greece (Appl. no. 8716/20) before the European Court of Human Rights , 11 November 2020, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5fc763394.html [accessed 24 May 2023]
Comments	ISSUES: 1.2. The question before the Court is, in essence, whether the living conditions of the applicants were compatible with Article 3 and/or Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights. While UNHCR will not address nor comment on the facts or merits of the case, it will provide its interpretation of the relevant principles of international and European law governing the reception of asylum-seekers, as well as key procedural guarantees in this regard, in order to assist the Court in its deliberations (Part 2). This submission also addresses the relevant domestic legislative framework and practice applicable in Greece, particularly on the Greek islands (Part 3).