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Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Holding asylum applicants in Hungarian transit zones amounts to arbitrary detention

Date:
Friday, June 5, 2020

On 5 June 2020, the Human Rights Council published the opinion adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) (No. 22/2020) at its 87^th session on the alleged arbitrary detention of Saman Ahmed Hamad in a Hungarian transit zone.
Cyprus: Refugee status must be granted due to inability for authorities to guarantee protection to applicant*

Date:
Friday, June 5, 2020

On 5 June 2020, the Administrative Court of International Protection of Cyprus ruled on the application of Article 1D of the 1951 Refugee convention to a case of a stateless person of Palestinian origin.
Communicated cases against Greece (Application Nos. 12237/20 and 12736/20) and Ukraine (Application No. 29662/13)
Date:
Friday, June 5, 2020
L.A. and Others and A.A. v Greece (Application Nos. 12237/20 and 12736/20): The case concerns a mother, her two children, and an unaccompanied minor, all of Syrian nationality. They allege that they were returned from Greece to Turkey and obstructed from lodging an asylum request. They complain that the conditions leading up to their return were contrary to Articles 3 and 5 ECHR.
S.A. v Netherlands: Removal of applicant to Sudan would not amount to violation of Article 3 ECHR

Date:
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

On 2 June 2020, the European Court of Human Rights published its judgment in S.A. v The Netherlands (Application No. 49773/15) concerning the risk of exposure to inhuman and degrading treatment in the event of an applicant’s removal to Sudan.
Communicated cases against Croatia (Application No. 18810/19), Sweden (Application No. 32825/18), and Greece (Application No. 8716/20)
Date:
Friday, May 29, 2020
S.B. and Others v Croatia (Application No. 18810/19): The applicants are Syrian nationals who currently reside in Germany and The Netherlands. In October 2018, they claim to have entered Croatia from Bosnia and Herzegovina on different occasions with groups of other persons.
AG Opinion on the interpretation of refusal to perform military service as grounds of persecution

Date:
Thursday, May 28, 2020

On 28 May 2020, Advocate General Sharpston published her opinion in Case C-238/19 on the interpretation of the Qualification Directive and conscientious objection from military service as a ground of persecution.
ICCPR: No risk of ill-treatment due to author’s sexual orientation in the event of deportation to Nigeria

Date:
Thursday, May 28, 2020

On 28 May 2020, the Human Rights Committee published its views (CCPR/C/128/D/3300/2019) on the forced return of the author to Nigeria and the risk of treatment contrary to Article 7 ICCPR due to the author’s sexual orientation.
AG Opinion on the suspensive effect of an appeal against a decision ordering removal of a third country national suffering from a serious illness

Date:
Thursday, May 28, 2020

On 28 May 2020, Advocate General Szpunar delivered his opinion in case C-233/19, concerning the interpretation of Directive 2008/115 in relation to the suspensive effect of an appeal against a decision ordering a third coun
The Netherlands: Reunification of unaccompanied minors under Dublin Regulation requires an examination of the best interests of the child in every case

Date:
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

On 27 May 2020, the Dutch Council of State delivered its judgment (Case No. 201906353/V3) on the decision to transfer an unaccompanied child to Sweden so she may be reunited with her brother in Sweden without an examination of the best interests of the child.
Italy: Subsidiary protection granted to Senegalese child rights activists due to the lack of protection by national authorities

Date:
Monday, May 25, 2020

On 25 May 2020, the Tribunal of Genoa published its judgment concerning the recognition of subsidiary protection to a Senegalese citizen on the basis of the real risk of torture and inhuman treatment as a result of his activism for the promotion of children’s rights in traditional Quranic schools Daarra.

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Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Holding asylum applicants in Hungarian transit zones amounts to arbitrary detention

Cyprus: Refugee status must be granted due to inability for authorities to guarantee protection to applicant*

Communicated cases against Greece (Application Nos. 12237/20 and 12736/20) and Ukraine (Application No. 29662/13)

S.A. v Netherlands: Removal of applicant to Sudan would not amount to violation of Article 3 ECHR

Communicated cases against Croatia (Application No. 18810/19), Sweden (Application No. 32825/18), and Greece (Application No. 8716/20)

AG Opinion on the interpretation of refusal to perform military service as grounds of persecution

ICCPR: No risk of ill-treatment due to author’s sexual orientation in the event of deportation to Nigeria

AG Opinion on the suspensive effect of an appeal against a decision ordering removal of a third country national suffering from a serious illness

The Netherlands: Reunification of unaccompanied minors under Dublin Regulation requires an examination of the best interests of the child in every case

Italy: Subsidiary protection granted to Senegalese child rights activists due to the lack of protection by national authorities

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