21 Aug 2018 | News
The Greek Council of State has ruled on the case of one of the eight Turkish military servicemen, who requested asylum in Greece in the aftermath of the 2016 Turkey coup d’état attempt. The Greek Asylum Service had denied granting the applicant international...
20 Aug 2018 | News
On 30 May 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued an advisory opinion that was requested by the State of Ecuador. The Court interpreted, inter alia, the scope of the protection under Article 22(7) of the American Convention on Human Rights and...
10 Aug 2018 | News
On 8 August 2018, the Committee against Torture adopted its concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the Russian Federation, including important asylum-related recommendations. The Committee addressed concerns regarding reports of extraditions and...
25 Jul 2018 | News
Facts: The main proceedings concern a Serbian national who applied for asylum in Sweden on 12 March 2017. In 2003, the applicant reported a militia group to the police resulting in legal proceedings against several members of the group and, for that reason, was the...
9 Jul 2018 | News
On 5 July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in case C-213/17 X, which concerned a request for a preliminary ruling by the District Court of The Hague on the application of the Dublin III Regulation (DRIII) where an asylum applicant has lodged...
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29 Jun 2018 | News
On 21 June 2018, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in case S.Z. v. Greece (application no. 66702/13) concerning a Syrian national who was detained in Greece in 2013 for, inter alia, being in the possession of false documents and being considered a danger to...
