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

October 2011 | Judicial Body: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Appeal / Right to appeal - Asylum-seekers - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Migrants - Non-refoulement - Suspensive effect | Countries: Greece

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21 January 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Reception - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Afghanistan - Belgium - Greece

Décision sur la recevabilité.

9 November 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Non-refoulement - Reception - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Somalia

Application for judicial review.

31 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum policy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Safe third country - Single procedure - Suspensive effect | Countries: Afghanistan

10 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Afghanistan

Application for judicial review.

21 October 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Reception - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Eritrea