| Title | Twenty Guidelines on Forced Return |
| Publisher | Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers |
| Author | Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers |
| Publication Date | 4 May 2005 |
| Topics | Deportation / Forcible return |
| Other Languages / Attachments | Greek |
| Cite as | Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers, Twenty Guidelines on Forced Return, 4 May 2005, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/42ef32984.html [accessed 4 October 2022] |
| Comments | Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 4 May 2005 at the 925th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies. In particular: - Guideline 1 on Voluntary Return; - Guideline 2 on Adoption of the Removal Order, including references to the non-refoulement clauses which should be taken into account by the host state prior to the return; - Guideline 5 on Remedy against the removal order; - Guidelines 6 -11 on Detention pending removal; - Guideline 14 on Statelessness. |
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