Immigration law / Travel documents

Accordingly, the Court finds that the refusal to issue the applicant with an alien’s passport was taken without carrying out a balancing exercise and without ensuring that such a measure was justified and proportionate in his individual situation (see, mutatis mutandis, Pfeifer, cited above, § 57). That refusal was based on formalistic grounds, namely that he had not demonstrated that he was personally at risk of persecution and that he was not considered a beneficiary of asylum at that time, without adequate examination of the situation in his country of origin, as well as on the purported possibility of obtaining a Russian passport, without any assessment of whether that possibility was accessible to him in practice in view of his particular circumstances. 97. In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that it has not been demonstrated that the interference with the applicant’s right to freedom of movement was necessary in a democratic society. 98. There has accordingly been a violation of Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention.

16 June 2022 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Travel documents | Countries: Lithuania

Admissibility application.

18 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to life - Travel documents | Countries: Cyprus - Iran, Islamic Republic of

DÉFINITIF 12/01/2007. Cet arrêt deviendra définitif dans les conditions définies à l'article 44 § 2 de la Convention. Il peut subir des retouches de forme.

12 October 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Airports - Family reunification - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Rejection at border - Travel documents | Countries: Belgium - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

12 October 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Airports - Family reunification - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Rejection at border - Travel documents | Countries: Belgium - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

13 November 2003 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Freedom of movement - Travel documents | Countries: Croatia

8 July 2003 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Decision on admissibility - Travel documents | Countries: Angola - Netherlands