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On 7 January 2020, the Court of Criminal Appeal published its judgment in Police vs Claus-Peter Reisch (Appeal No. 150/2019).

E. H. v France (Application No. 39126/18): The case concerns a Moroccan national who was placed in a holding area at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in 2018. The applicant was later moved to an administrative detention centre and their request for international protection was rejected as manifestly unfounded. The applicant complains that his expulsion to Morocco exposed him to a risk of ill treatment contrary to Article 3 ECHR.

• R.K. and 2 others v Russia (Application No. 41174/19): The applicants, all Syrian nationals failed to leave Russia upon the expiry of their visas and were detained by immigration authorities. They were subsequently issued with expulsion orders to Syria. Two applicants are detained pending expulsion. All of the applicants complain that their return to Syria would expose them to a real risk of death or ill treatment contrary to Articles 2 and 3 ECHR.

On 12 December 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) published its judgment in the joined cases C-381/18 and C-382/18 on the interpretation of Directive 2003/86 concerning th