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Human Rights Committee: Deportation to Afghanistan would amount to breach of Article 7 ICCPR

Date: 
Monday, November 18, 2019

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.

N A v Finland: Decision to deport Iraqi national killed upon return to country of origin violated Art 2 and 3 ECHR

Date: 
Thursday, November 14, 2019

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.

RS (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State: Reasonable likelihood that escaped detainee faces risk in the event of return

Date: 
Monday, October 28, 2019

On 28 October 2019, the Court of Appeal published its ruling on RS (Sri Lanka) EWCA Civ 1796 concerning the refusal to grant international protection status to a Sri Lankan national who had escaped detention.  

Communicated cases against Finland, Belgium, and Greece

Date: 
Friday, September 27, 2019

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recently communicated the following asylum-related cases:

Denmark: Refugee Appeals Board finds returns to Syria would violate fundamental rights in six trial cases

Date: 
Monday, June 24, 2019

The Refugee Appeals Board in Denmark overturned decisions issued by the Danish Immigration Service to withdraw or to refuse to extend the residence permits in six cases of Syrian nationals from the province of Damascus.

Judgment in O.O. v. Russia: Court finds violation of Article 3 in return to Uzbekistan

Date: 
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has released its judgment in the case of O.O. v. Russia (App. No. 36321/16) concerning the extradition of an Uzbek national.

Belgium – CALL delivers judgment in a case concerning the possibility of safe return to Gaza

Date: 
Thursday, February 7, 2019

On 7 February, the Council of Alien Law Litigation (CALL) ruled on the investigation requirements of the possibility for Palestinians to safely return to Gaza.

Switzerland – Federal Administrative Tribunal rules in a case concerning a Sri Lankan refugee sur place

Date: 
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

On 13 November, the Federal Administrative Tribunal (TAF) of Switzerland delivered a judgment concerning the appeal of a Sri Lankan national, of Tamil ethnicity, against a decision by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) that refused to grant him international protection.

The Netherlands – Amsterdam Court blocks return of Afghan national due to the dangerous security situation in Kunduz Province

Date: 
Friday, September 7, 2018

On 7 September, the Administrative Chamber of the Court of Amsterdam decided on the case of an Afghan national, who had fled his country on the grounds of being the target of Taliban groups.

Communicated case: A.A. and Others against the Netherlands (application no. 28190/18)

Date: 
Friday, August 31, 2018

On 31 August, the ECtHR communicated a case concerning the removal to Libya of a family of asylum seekers, after the Dutch authorities did not find their asylum claim credible.

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