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Refusal to provide child benefit to mothers who did not have a residence permit. Non-violation of the ECHR

1st P - Article 1
25/06/2023 20:00

JUDGMENT Χ and others v. Ireland 22.06.2023 (app. no. 23851/20 and 24360/20) see here SUMMARY The case concerns the rule that the payment of child benefit in Ireland can only be made to claimants who are lawfully resident in the State. The Court found that the immigration status of the applicants (X and Y) at […]

Revocation of a long-term resident’s residence permit and imposition of a 10-year entry ban due to delinquent behavior, despite his progress in detention. Violation of privacy

Article 8
30/05/2023 19:31

JUDGMENT AZZAQUI v. the Netherland 30.05.2023 (app. no. 8757/20) see here SUMMARY The applicant, a Moroccan national, entered the Netherlands in 1982 at the age of 10 and was granted a permanent residence permit. Between 1987 and 1996 he was convicted of several criminal offenses and served several prison terms. In 1996 he was convicted […]

Interim measure concerning asylum seeker’s removal from the UK to Rwanda

ECHR Decisions
28/04/2023 19:30

JUDGMENT N.S.K. v. United Kingdom (app. no. 28774/22) see here THE DECISION OF THE COURT… The applicant, an Iraqi national, claimed asylum upon arrival in the United Kingdom. His claim was deemed inadmissible, and he was served with removal directions to Rwanda for 14 June 2022. He sought permission to judicially review the lawfulness of […]

Administrative detention of a member of a terrorist organization, for reasons of public order and security. Non-violation of the ECHR

Article 3
20/04/2023 11:09

JUDGMENT N.M. v. Belgium, 18.04.2023 (app. no. 43966/19). see here SUMMARY The case concerned the detention of an Algerian national for 31 months in a closed centre for aliens pending his removal from Belgium on grounds of a risk to public order and national security, the review of the lawfulness of that measure, and the […]

denial of a journalist’ s request to access and report on living conditions in reception centres for asylum-seekers. Violation of freedom of expression

Article 10
17/03/2023 20:46

JUDGMENT ERDÉLYI v. HUNGARY 09.03.2023 (app. no. 9720/17) see here SUMMARY Domestic authorities’ denial of a request made by the applicant to access and report on living conditions in reception centres for asylum-seekers. On 27 July 2016 the applicant lodged a request for authorisation from the Office of Immigration and Nationality to enter and make […]

Asylum seeker was left on the street without shelter and cwithout material assistance to meet his basic needs! Application of interim measure in Belgium to enforce a court order

ECHR Decisions
03/11/2022 07:28

JUDGMENT Camara v. Belgium (app. no. 49255/22) see here SUMMARY On October 31, 2022, the ECtHR decided to impose an interim measure in the case of Camara v. Belgium (app. no. 49255/22). The case concerns a Guinean national who applied to the Belgian authorities for international protection on 15 July 2022. Since then he has […]

The deportation of a Nigerian national, convicted of a criminal offense, did not infringe on his family life. Public interest prevails

Article 8
28/09/2022 08:15

JUDGMENT Otite v. United Kingdom 27.09.2022 (app. no. 18339/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a Nigerian national being served in October 2015 with notice of his liability to deportation, despite having been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK in 2004. The notice came after his conviction in 2014 on two counts of […]

Calculating the start of the period of “detention” from the day the detainee was deprived of his liberty by the national authorities did not infringe the right to personal liberty and security

Article 5
20/09/2022 06:39

JUDGMENT Gilanov v. the Republic of Moldova 13.09.2022 (app. no. 44719/10) see here SUMMARY The applicant, a Georgian national, arrived in Moldova in 2000 and obtained a residence permit in the country. He officially left in 2006. In 2007, a criminal investigation was opened into alleged fraud committed by the applicant while working at an […]

Confinement of a family of asylum seekers in a container in a transit zone. Poor housing conditions. Conviction for degrading treatment and deprivation of personal liberty

Article 3
26/08/2022 16:22

JUDGMENT W.O. and others v. Hungary 25.08.2022 (app. no. 36896/18) see here SUMMARY The applicants submitted asylum applications on arrival in the transit zone. The asylum procedure was suspended due to the attempted forced return of the applicants to Bulgaria. On 13 August 2018 the Immigration and Asylum Service rejected the applications and ordered their […]

Forced return of a Syrian despite the risk of persecution he faced in his country due to the civil war. Multiple violations of the ECHR

Article 3
18/08/2022 08:40

JUDGMENT Akkad v. Turkey 21.06.2022 (app. no. 1557/19) see here SUMMARY The applicant is a Syrian citizen who left his country due to the civil war. He had been granted subsidiary protection status. In his attempt to enter Greece through the Greek-Turkish border, he was arrested by Turkish officers. He was illegally detained for 2 […]

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