7 Sep 2018 | News
UNHCR recently published its new Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection needs of Asylum-seekers from Afghanistan and a new Position on Returns to Libya. The newest Eligibility Guidelines on Afghan asylum seekers offer an updated overview of...
6 Sep 2018 | News
On 6 September 2018, Advocate General Yves Bot delivered his opinion in joint cases C-412/2017 & C-474/2017, which concerned the conformity of national legislation imposing an obligation on private carrier companies to perform checks on passengers’ travel...
3 Sep 2018 | News
The UN Committee against Torture recently ruled in the case A.N. v. Switzerland, regarding the Dublin transfer of victim of torture to Italy. The case concerned an Eritrean national who was a political prisoner in his country of origin and was repeatedly tortured...
23 Aug 2018 | News
On 23 August 2018, Finland’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled in the case of an Iraqi national, whose application for asylum was rejected by the Finnish Immigration Service twice. After the first rejection, the applicant appealed against it before the Eastern...
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...
