The case of S.O. v France (application no. 65063/19) concerns a Russian national who alleges that his return to Russia would expose him to a risk of inhuman and degrading treatment, contrary to Article 3 ECHR. Additionally, the applicant complains that his removal would disproportionately influence his family life, as protected by Article 8 ECHR.
N.R. v Belgium (application no. 63620/19) concerns the case of an Afghan national who fled Afghanistan because of problems with the Taliban in his family. He is currently unlawfully staying in Belgium after the Belgian authorities rejected his application for international protection on the basis of (i) his subsidiary protection status in Italy, (ii) a lack of persecution risk in Afghanistan and (iii) the existence of an internal flight alternative in Afghanistan.
The case of Mandrygin v Russia (application no. 16623/19) concerns a Kazakh national who regularly visited Russia between 2009 and 2016 and started cohabiting in 2016 in Russia with a Russian national, with whom he was allegedly planning to register a marriage. The Russian authorities granted the applicant authorization to stay from 12 March until 10 June 2017.
The case of N.A. and others v Greece (application no. 11216/20) concerns the living conditions of pregnant women at the time of lodging their applications with the Court. They lived either in tents in the forest outside the hotspot, or in a container inside the hotspot. Interim measures under Rule 39 were granted.
The case of A.R. and others v Greece (application no. 59841/19) concerns the living conditions of the applicants, who have health issues, on the hotspots of Kos, Samos, Chios and Lesvos, and their medical follow-up.
On 27 January 2021, the Human Rights Committee published its views concerning the communication CCPR/C/130/D/3042/2017 submitted by A.S, D.I O.I and G.D on their own behalf and on behalf of 13 of their relatives who were on board a vessel that shipwrecked in the Mediterranean Sea in October 2013, causing the estimated death of more than 200 people.
On 22 January 2021, the interim relief judge of the Council of State decided to suspend the Government’s decision to halt the issuance of family reunification visas due the COVID-19 pandemic to the spouses and children of non-European foreigners residing in France.
The case of Sherov v Poland (application no. 54029/17) concerns four applicants from Tajikistan. In the period from December 2016 to January 2017, each of the applicants travelled to Polish-Ukrainian border crossings on numerous occasions.
On 21 January 2021, the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine Westphalia published its judgment concerning the removal of an Eritrean national to Greece.
