The 1969 ‘Greek Case’ in the Council of Europe

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The 1969 ‘Greek Case’ in the Council of Europe

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An interdisciplinary exploration of the impact of the ‘Greek Case’ at the Council of Europe (1969) on the emerging field of human rights.

An interdisciplinary exploration of the impact of the ‘Greek Case’ at the Council of Europe (1969) on the emerging field of human rights.

Description

In 1969 Greece withdrew from the Council of Europe (CoE), following pressure exercised by various European countries, organisations, social movements and individuals in response to the brutal conduct of the military junta that had taken power by force on 21 April 1967. This volume brings together an international cast of noted historians, oral historians, political scientists, and legal scholars to investigate the perceptions, policies and roles of the key actors involved. These figures range from international organizations, states, and social movements to NGOs and individuals, critically demonstrating the extent of the legacy and long-term impact of the ‘Greek Case’ on international human rights.

The 1969 ‘Greek Case’ in the Council of Europe reveals how the pressure applied by the Council of Europe proved to be crucial for the international condemnation of the Colonels’ regime, setting a precedent in international human rights cases for the significance of the collection of evidence on the use of torture.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350296572

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 20 bw illus

Contributors:

Edited by Dr Kostis Kornetis
Edited by Dr Víctor Fernández Soriano
Edited by Associate Professor Kristine Kjaersgaard
Edited by Associate Professor Nicolas Manitakis
Edited by Dr Alexandros Nafpliotis
Edited by Dr Anna Papaeti

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 480g

Pages: 312

Collections

Education & Reference European History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

Konstantinos (Kostis) Kornetis is Assistant Professor of Contemporary History at Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. He is the author of Children of the Dictatorship (2013, winner of the Edmund Keeley Book Award) and co-editor of Rethinking Democratization in Spain, Greece and Portugal (2019).

Víctor Fernández Soriano teaches global and contemporary history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and ESPOL Lille. He has been an associate researcher at the University of Luxembourg and Humboldt University Berlin. He is the author of Le fusil et l'olivier. Les droits de l'Homme face aux dictatures méditerranéennes (2013).

Kristine Kjaersgaard is Associate Professor in Contemporary History at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. She has written books and articles on Denmark in international organisations.

Nicolas Manitakis is Associate Professor in History at the University of Athens, Greece. He has co-edited a volume on the history of postwar Greek student migration to France.

Alexandros Nafpliotis holds a PhD in International History from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and has been a Research Associate at the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy and the National Hellenic Research Foundation, as well as Maastricht University and the University of Luxembourg. He is the author of Britain and the Greek Colonels (2012).

Anna Papaeti is a musicologist and researcher who has held a Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Goettingen, Germany.