Case Law

See further Committee of Minister (CM) decisions of September 2016 and June 2017 available at: http://hudoc.exec.coe.int/eng?i=CM/Del/Dec(2016)1265/H46-16 ; http://hudoc.exec.coe.int/eng?i=CM/Del/Dec(2017)1288/H46-17E) and Italian authorities submission of Sept. 2017 ( available at: http://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168075968c); the Communication by Italian Government Action plan (https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168091f978 ); and the decision by the Committee of Ministers of 5 March 2020 (available at: https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=09000016809cc879)

21 October 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Effective remedy - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Rescue at sea / Interception at sea | Countries: Afghanistan - Eritrea - Greece - Italy - Sudan

26 August 2014 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Burden of proof - Eritreans - Ethiopians - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tigreans | Countries: Eritrea - Ethiopia - South Africa

19 June 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

19 June 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom of expression - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

6 June 2014 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Topic(s): Safe third country | Countries: Eritrea - Israel - Switzerland

12 May 2014 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Denmark - Eritrea

19 February 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights law - Regional instruments - Safe third country | Countries: Eritrea - Italy - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

6 June 2013 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Children's rights - Regional instruments - Safe third country - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

14 May 2013 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Countries: Eritrea - Saudi Arabia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland