European Court of Human Rights: poor living conditions of an unaccompanied minor in Greece: ECtHR, O.R. v. Greece, 23 January 2024

Abstract

In the case of O.R. v. Greece1, the ECtHR found that there had been a vi-
olation of article 3 of the Convention in respect of an unaccompanied minor
and asylum seeker at the relevant time, who complained about his living con-
ditions in Greece from November 2018 to May 2019 alleging that he had re-
mained homeless for approximately six months, without access to basic neces-
sities and without an officially designated permanent legal guardian.