The establishment of the Centre was based on the conviction that the foundation of EU law is the common European legal culture, and the aim is to involve the AUTh in the reform of national legal landscapes by integrating them into a new, collective European whole. It therefore implements, amongst other things, a variety of information and awareness-raising activities for the benefit of the wider academic community, as well as public opinion.
Specific aims of the Centre:
- The Centre’s statutory aims include the following:
- Tthe conduct of empirical research into current trends in both Greek and
European public opinion
- the preparation of comparative legal studies relating to the legislative
initiatives required by the European Union
- the coordination of information events
- the organization of educational and training programmes
- the provision of expertise to civil society institutions which seek to exercise
their rights in the “European Citizens’ Initiative”
- the provision of expertise to academic institutions and/or civil society
institutions seeking to establish mechanisms to protect EU rights (“Human
Rights Clinics”)
- the undertaking of initiatives regarding the establishment of “A European
Network of Law Schools for the European legal culture”
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the annual organization of the “Thessaloniki Forum for Human Rights”, in
collaboration with local bodies and regional government, with the aim of
combining theory and action for the protection of fundamental rights in
Greece and Europe.