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UNHCR Observations on the proposed amendments to the "Law on citizenship of the Republic of Belarus" 1 September 2002 No. 136-З December 2022 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Comments on National Legislation
CASE OF T.Z. AND OTHERS v. POLAND (Application no. 41764/17) The present case concerns numerous refusals of the Polish authorities to examine the applicants’ requests for international protection, their denied entry to Poland and return to Belarus 13 October 2022 \| 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): Effective remedy - Entry / Exit - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment \| Countries: Belarus - Poland - Russian Federation
Case of A.B. and Others v. Poland (Application no. 42907/17) The present case concerns refusal of border guards to receive the applicants’ asylum applications and summary removal to a third country, with a risk of refoulement to and ill-treatment in the country origin. 30 June 2022 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Rejection at border \| Countries: Belarus - Poland - Russian Federation
Case of A.I. and Others v. Poland (Application no. 39028/17) The present case concerns refusal of border guards to receive the applicants’ asylum applications and summary removal to a third country, with a risk of refoulement to and ill-treatment in the country origin. 30 June 2022 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Rejection at border \| Countries: Belarus - Poland - Russian Federation
Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of R.A. and Others v. Poland (Appl. No. 42120/21) before the European Court of Human Rights February 2022 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Campaign Update, July 2020 - September 2020 14 October 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country News
UNHCR's Comments on the draft Amendments to the Law on Citizenship of Belarus 21 September 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Comments on National Legislation
CASE OF M.K. AND OTHERS v. POLAND (Applications nos. 40503/17, 42902/17 and 43643/17) The applicants alleged that the Polish authorities had repeatedly denied them the possibility of lodging an application for international protection, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention. They also invoked Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention, alleging that their situation had not been reviewed individually and that they were victims of a general policy that was followed by the Polish authorities with the aim of reducing the number of asylum applications registered in Poland. The applicants stated that, under Article 13 in conjunction with Article 3 of the Convention and Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention, lodging an appeal against a decision denying someone entry into Poland did not constitute an effective remedy as it would not be examined quickly enough, would have no suspensive effect and would not be examined by an independent body. Moreover, the applicants complained that the Polish authorities had not complied with the interim measures granted to them by the Court, in breach of Article 34 of the Convention. 23 July 2020 \| 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): Access to procedures - Effective remedy - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment \| Countries: Belarus - Poland - Russian Federation
High-Level Segment on Statelessness: Results and Highlights May 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Belarusian activists fined for mocking police statue in Minsk 3 December 2018 \| Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty \| Document type: Country News

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