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Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Interventions before courts by UNHCR and other organizations are an important tool through which protection standards can be developed and a consistent application of refugee law fostered. Interventions before courts may take different forms, depending on the national or supranational context, including formal amicus curiae briefs, advisory opinions or letters to the court or parties involved, as well as public statements. Interventions by UNHCR are carried out in the exercise of its supervisory function.

Refworld is the repository of all interventions made by UNHCR in judicial proceedings before national and regional courts. They are organised in reverse-chronological order and, where available, are linked to the court decision in the case(s) at hand once adopted.
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Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of Khasan Mohamad YASIEN v. Russia (Application no. 3028/16) before the European Court of Human Rights

1 June 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

O.M. v. Hungary (Application no. 9912/15): written submission on behalf of AIRE Centre, ECRE, ILGA-Europe and ICJ

21 October 2015 | Publisher: European Council on Refugees and Exiles | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Third party intervention by the Commissioner for Human Rights under Article 36 para 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Application No. 29999/04 Mamasakhlisi v. Georgia and Russia

16 August 2007 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR letter to letter submitted to the Civil Court, First Hall, of Malta in relation to the case of Tafarra Besabe Berhe vs. Police Commissioner as Principal Immigration Officer and the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs

July 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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