On 20 November 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) published its judgment concerning the interpretation of Council Directive 2003/86 in cases of family reunification.
On 18 November 2019, the Human Rights Committee (the Committee) published its views in A.B.H v Denmark, CCPR/C/126/D/2603/2015, concerning the risk of inhuman and degrading treatment in the event of deportation to Afghanistan.
On 15 November 2019, the High Court (the Court) published its ruling on the case of DS, R (On the application of) concerning the judicial review challenge of the government’s policy on the reconsideration of failed claims identifying victims of human trafficking.
M.A v Greece (Application No. 14222/16): The applicant, a Sudanese national, was convicted of a criminal offence in February 2013 and was later granted refugee status in April 2014. The applicant was returned to Greece in October 2015, where he was detained in the Amygdaleza detention centre. In April 2015, the applicant’s refugee status was revoked.
On 14 November 2019, the Court of Appeal overturned a ruling from the High Court that had interpreted the requirement of one year continuous residence prior to lodging a citizenship application to mean that an applicant must be physically present in the state for the entirety of the preceding year.
On 14 November 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) delivered its judgment on the decision to return an Iraqi national to his country of origin, where he was subsequently killed.
On 13 November 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) published its ruling in the case of Federal Republic of Germany v Hamed and Omar (C-540/17 and C-541/17) concerning the interpretation of Directive 2013/32 in admissibility decisi
On 13 November 2019, the Supreme Court of Cassation (the Court) ruled against the retroactive application of humanitarian protection of Italian law d.l. 113/2018, also-known as the ‘Salvini Decree’.
On 12 November 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Haqbin concerning sanctions that may be imposed on an applicant of international protection for serious breaches of reception centre rules.
