Case Law
- Belarus: District Courts 2
- Belarus: Supreme Court 1
- Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights 13
- Czech Republic: Supreme Administrative Court 1
- France: Conseil d'Etat 1
- Ireland: High Court 4
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 1
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 13
- United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) 1
- United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) 1
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 1
- Access to procedures 4
- Appeal / Right to appeal 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 8
- Belarusians 2
- Burden of proof 1
- Catholic 1
- Cessation clauses 1
- Civil and political rights 3
- Complementary forms of protection 2
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Credibility assessment 5
- Criminal justice 1
- Death penalty 1
- Decision on admissibility 2
- Deportation / Forcible return 3
- Effective remedy 6
- Elections 1
- Entry / Exit 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 4
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 4
- Expulsion 3
- Extradition 4
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 9
- Freedom of assembly and association 8
- Freedom of expression 9
- Freedom of speech 2
- Habeas corpus 1
- Immigration Detention 3
- Independence of judiciary 2
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
- Non-refoulement 1
- Opposition 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 12
- Persecution of family members 1
- Political parties 1
- Pre-trial detention 1
- Prison or detention conditions 1
- Prosecution vs persecution 1
- Public health 1
- Refoulement 1
- Refugee / Asylum law 1
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 1
- Refugees 3
- Refugees sur place 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 1
- Rejection at border 3
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
- Right to justice 1
- Right to liberty and security 3
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 4
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 1
- Threats / Intimidation 2
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
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CASE OF T.Z. AND OTHERS v. POLAND
(Application no. 41764/17)
The present case concerns numerous refusals of the Polish authorities to examine the applicants’ requests for international protection, their denied entry to Poland and return to Belarus 13 October 2022 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Entry / Exit - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Belarus - Poland - Russian Federation |
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Case of A.B. and Others v. Poland (Application no. 42907/17)
The present case concerns refusal of border guards to receive the applicants’ asylum applications and summary removal to a third country, with a risk of refoulement to and ill-treatment in the country origin. 30 June 2022 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Rejection at border | Countries: Belarus - Poland - Russian Federation |
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Case of A.I. and Others v. Poland (Application no. 39028/17)
The present case concerns refusal of border guards to receive the applicants’ asylum applications and summary removal to a third country, with a risk of refoulement to and ill-treatment in the country origin. 30 June 2022 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Rejection at border | Countries: Belarus - Poland - Russian Federation |
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CASE OF M.K. AND OTHERS v. POLAND
(Applications nos. 40503/17, 42902/17 and 43643/17)
The applicants alleged that the Polish authorities had repeatedly denied them the possibility of lodging an application for international protection, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention. They also invoked Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention, alleging that their situation had not been reviewed individually and that they were victims of a general policy that was followed by the Polish authorities with the aim of reducing the number of asylum applications registered in Poland. The applicants stated that, under Article 13 in conjunction with Article 3 of the Convention and Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention, lodging an appeal against a decision denying someone entry into Poland did not constitute an effective remedy as it would not be examined quickly enough, would have no suspensive effect and would not be examined by an independent body. Moreover, the applicants complained that the Polish authorities had not complied with the interim measures granted to them by the Court, in breach of Article 34 of the Convention. 23 July 2020 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Effective remedy - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Belarus - Poland - Russian Federation |
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K.A. v. Belarus
25 November 2016 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Freedom of assembly and association | Countries: Belarus |
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Anatoly Poplavny and Leonid Sudalenko v. Belarus
24 November 2016 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Freedom of assembly and association - Freedom of expression | Countries: Belarus |
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Taras Surgan v. Belarus
19 November 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom of assembly and association - Freedom of expression | Countries: Belarus |
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Viktor Timoshenko v. Belarus
25 September 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Countries: Belarus |
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Andrei Burdyko v. Belarus
25 September 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Death penalty - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Independence of judiciary - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Belarus |
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Svetlana Mikhalchenko v. Belarus
21 September 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom of expression - Persecution based on political opinion - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Belarus |
