11 Jun 2019 | News
On 11 June 2019, the ECtHR published its ruling in the case of Ozdil and others v. Moldova (application no. 42305/18). The five applicants, Turkish nationals who were resident in Moldova, alleged that they had been unlawfully deprived of their liberty and...
31 May 2019 | News
On 31 May 2019, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (the UNCRC) decided in two separate cases on age assessments conducted on unaccompanied children, A.L. (CRC/C/81/D/16/2017) and J.A.B. (CRC/C/81/D/22/2017), in Spain. A.L., an Algerian national,...
23 May 2019 | News
On 23 May 2019, the Council of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) published its ruling in the case of Bilali (C-720/17). The case, submitted by the Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum, concerns the interpretation of Article 19...
21 May 2019 | News
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. The applicant arrived in Russia in June 2012. The following year, in June 2013, he was...
14 May 2019 | News
In April 2019, the UNHCR published its comments on the European Commission (EC) proposal for an Asylum Procedures Regulation. The agency welcomes the EC’s overall goal of harmonising protection standards and procedures and recognises the change from a...
14 May 2019 | News
On 14 May, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in the joint cases of M v. Ministry of Interior, Czech Republic (C-391/16) and X and X v. Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, Belgium (C-77/17 and C/78/17). The first...
