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.
On the 4 February 2021 the Committee on the Rights of the Child published its views in communication CRC/C/86/D/83/2019 against Denmark. The author, R.H.M., a Somali national, submitted the commu
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 28 January 2021, the Dutch Council of State annulled the State Secretary’s decision to return a vulnerable Syrian national, who had obtained international protection in Greece, back to Greece.
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.
