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Z.H. v. Sweden 6 September 2021 \| Judicial Body: UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health \| Countries: Afghanistan - Sweden
RÄTTSLIGT STÄLLNINGSTAGANDE: Prövningen av skyddsbehov och verkställighetshinder för personer som är hemmahörande i Afghanistan 23 July 2021 \| Publisher: Sweden: Swedish Migration Agency \| Document type: Policy/Position Papers
EASO Age assessment practices in EU+ countries: updated findings July 2021 \| Publisher: European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) \| Document type: Thematic Reports
B.B. v. Sweden (Communication No. 3069/2015) The Committee considered that the State party failed to adequately assess the author’s real, personal and foreseeable risk of returning to Afghanistan, in particular taking into account his father’s alleged threats of revenge and his trauma as a result of parental abuse. Accordingly, the Committee considers that the State party failed to give due consideration to the consequences of the author’s personal situation in Afghanistan and concludes that his removal to Afghanistan by the State party would constitute a violation of articles 6 and 7 of the Covenant. 30 April 2021 \| Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Human rights law \| Countries: Afghanistan - Sweden
A,B, and C v. the Swedish Migration Agency In an overall assessment of the exceptional circumstances in A's case and with special regard to her very strong connection to Sweden, the Court considers that her best interests outweigh the opposing interests of the State. An expulsion of A to Lebanon can therefore not be consid-ered proportionate and would thus be in violation of the CRC. A is therefore granted a residence permit in Sweden. B and C are granted residence permits as it would be in violation of Article 8 of the ECHR to separate the family. 22 December 2020 \| Judicial Body: Sweden: Migration Court of Appeal (Migrationsöverdomstolen) \| Document type: Case Law \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Children's rights - Right to family life \| Countries: Lebanon - Sweden
UNHCR observations on the proposed legislative amendments to the Swedish Aliens Act – Report by the Cross-party Committee of Inquiry on Migration [SOU 2020:54 – En långsiktigt hållbar migrationspolitik Betänkande av Kommittén om den framtida svenska migrationspolitiken] 7 December 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Comments on National Legislation
Amicus curiae of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in case number UM 2839-20, X against the Migration Agency before the Migration Court of Appeal (Kammarrätten i Stockholm, Migrationsöverdomstolen) 21 September 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Campaign Update, April 2020 - June 2020 16 July 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country News
A.E. v. Sweden 28 May 2020 \| Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: Case Law \| Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) \| Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) \| Countries: Nigeria - Sweden
J.I. v. Sweden 7.6 In the present case, the Committee notes the finding of the Migration Agency that, while claiming a risk of harm in Afghanistan because of his Christian faith, the author failed to present sufficient evidence to substantiate his claim that his faith had attracted the attention of: the Afghan authorities through his texts on social media networks and his appearance in the Swedish media; the staff members of the Afghan Embassy in Stockholm; and other Afghan detainees in the migration detention centre. The Committee also finds that although the author contests the assessment and findings of the Swedish authorities, he has not presented any evidence to the Committee to substantiate his claim that he has been targeted by the Afghan authorities on the basis of his Christianity, or that his alleged Christianity is indeed known to the Afghan authorities. 7.7 The Committee considers that the information at its disposal demonstrates that the State party took into account all the elements available when evaluating the risk of irreparable harm faced by the author upon his return to Afghanistan. The Committee also considers that, while the author disagrees with the factual conclusions of the State party’s authorities, he has not shown that the Migration Agency’s decision of 30 December 2015 was arbitrary or manifestly erroneous, or that it amounted to a denial of justice. 22 May 2020 \| Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: Case Law \| Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) \| Topic(s): Christian - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) \| Countries: Afghanistan - Sweden

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