M.A. and others v. Latvia: Chechen family’s Article 3, 13 and 4 Protocol 4 claims held inadmissible following their return to Belarus
On 29 March 2022, the ECtHR gave its decision in the case of M.A. and others v. Latvia. The case concerned a Chechen family who travelled through Belarus to Latvia. On arrival to the Latvian border, they were issued with decisions refusing their entry on the grounds...
Poland: District Court finds collective expulsion of Afghans on Polish-Belarusian border illegal
On 28 March 2022, the Bielsk Podlaski District Court gave its judgment in a case concerning three Afghan nationals. The applicants entered Poland irregularly from Belarus on 29 August 2021, expressed their wish to apply for international protection and were taken to a...
CRC: Declares Switzerland violated Articles 3, 12 and 24 of the Convention in a removal decision to Russia
On 16 March 2022, the Committee on the Rights of the Child gave its decision in the case of K.S. and M.S. v Switzerland. Z. S. and A. S., both of Russian nationality and originally from Chechnya, submitted the communication on behalf of their children, K. S. and M. S....
Italy: Court of Appeal of Perugia provides subsidiary protection based on the unstable geopolitical situation in Mali
On 15 March 2022, in its judgment 136 2022, the Court of Appeal of Perugia ruled in favour of a Malian applicant and provided him with subsidiary protection in Italy. The asylum application had been previously rejected due to the alleged lack of individual persecution...