Refugee/migration – Human Rights Insights

Internal security as such can’t justify the refusal to host asylum-seekers says the ECJ

On April 2, 2020, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled, in the infringement proceedings initiated by the European Commission that, Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic failed to comply with their obligations under Articles 5§2-4-11 of both Council Decision 2015/1523 and Council Decision 2015/1601 by refusing to host asylum-seekers who arrived in Italy and Greece between 2015 and 2017.

Expulsions backed up by the ECHR, denying obstacles faced by sub-Saharan migrants

On 13 February 2020, the Grand Chamber of the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) dismissed the claim of two migrants alleging that their removal from Spain without having their situation individually examined by the authorities was a violation of Article 4 of Protocol No.4 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Article 13 ECHR in the N.D and N.T v. Spain case.

Denied asylum-seekers’ right to life must be protected from climate change says the Human Rights Committee

On 7 January 2020, the UN Human Rights Committee for the first time ruled on the consequences of climate change in the context of refugee status’ denial, and in regards to the right to life enshrined in Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

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