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CM/Del/Dec(2019)1348/H46-9, 1348th meeting, 4-6 June 2019 (DH) in M.S.S. and Rahimi groups v. Greece (Application No. 30696/09) 11 June 2019 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers \| Document type: Decisions
CASE OF O.O. v. RUSSIA (Application no. 36321/16) Relying on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights, Mr O.O. complained that the Russian authorities had failed to consider his arguments that he would face a real risk of ill-treatment if deported to Uzbekistan. He also alleged that his deportation had disregarded the interim measure indicated by the European Court, in breach of Article 34 (right of individual petition) of the European Convention. Violation of Article 3 – on account of the authorities deporting Mr O.O. to Uzbekistan Violation of Article 34 21 May 2019 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment \| Countries: Russian Federation - Uzbekistan
North Macedonia: Law on Social Protection of 2019 21 May 2019 \| Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities \| Document type: National Legislation
North Macedonia: Law on the Red Cross of the Republic of Macedonia of 2019 21 May 2019 \| Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities \| Document type: National Legislation
Recommendations by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) concerning the execution of judgments by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the cases of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece (Application No. 30696/09, Grand Chamber judgment of 21 January 2011) and of Rahimi v. Greece (Application No. 8687/08, Chamber judgment of 05 April 2011) 15 May 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Chhina, 2019 SCC 29 Courts — Jurisdiction — Habeas corpus — Exceptions to exercise of jurisdiction by provincial superior courts — Immigration detainee applying for habeas corpus — Superior court declining jurisdiction to hear application on basis that detention review scheme in Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is complete, comprehensive and expert statutory scheme providing for review at least as broad as that available by way of habeas corpus and no less advantageous — Whether superior court erred in declining jurisdiction — Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27. 10 May 2019 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Habeas corpus - Right to liberty and security \| Countries: Canada - Pakistan
Engaging with Employers in the Hiring of Refugees 9 May 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Thematic Guidelines
Tearing Down the Walls: Confronting the Barriers to Internally Displaced Women & Girls' Participation in Humanitarian Settings 8 May 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Thematic Reports
COI Note on the Acquisition of Iraqi Nationality by a Child Born Outside Iraq May 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
UNHCR Submission on Côte d'Ivoire: 33rd UPR Session May 2019 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Commentaries

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