Case Law

“(….) even where national security is at stake, the concepts of lawfulness and the rule of law in a democratic society require that deportation measures affecting fundamental human rights be subject to some form of adversarial proceedings before an independent authority or a court competent to effectively scrutinise the reasons for them and review the relevant evidence, if need be with appropriate procedural limitations on the use of classified information.

17 May 2018 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Expulsion - National security / Public order | Countries: North Macedonia - Serbia

16 July 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Economic, social and cultural rights - Effective remedy - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Property restitution | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Croatia - North Macedonia - Serbia - Slovenia

16 January 2014 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Cour constitutionnelle | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Safe country of origin | Countries: Albania - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - India - Montenegro - North Macedonia - Serbia

10 December 2013 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Regional instruments - Safe third country | Countries: Austria - Greece - Hungary - North Macedonia - Somalia

30 October 2012 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Minorities - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Roma - State protection | Countries: Belgium - North Macedonia

Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of Kuric and Others v. Slovenia

26 June 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Denial of nationality - Proof of nationality - Rights of non-citizens - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Croatia - North Macedonia - Serbia - Slovenia

22 March 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - North Macedonia

20 October 2011 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - EU Qualification Directive - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Belgium - North Macedonia

19 May 2010 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Topic(s): Albanians - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - War crimes | Countries: North Macedonia

10 July 2008 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Topic(s): Albanians - Armed forces / Military - Conflict situation - War crimes | Countries: North Macedonia