Amnesty urges Pakistan to halt Afghan deportations

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1432720/amnesty-urges-pakistan-to-halt-afghan-deportations/

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Judging a Ghost

For over a decade, European states have externalized migration control to non-European partners such as Libya - often beyond the reach of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). S.S. and Others v. Italy challenged the legality of this practice: survivors of a 2017 shipwreck alleged Italy’s coordination with the Libyan Coast Guard m

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #NonRefoulement #StateResponsibility

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/judging-a-ghost/

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S.S. and Others V. Italy

Recently, particularly in Europe, the obligations towards refugees and asylum seekers have become a game of cat and mouse, whereby obligations are created, and loopholes or other legally sound ways of dodging the obligation without violating any framework are found and exploited. As a result, the distressed civilian

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #HumanRights #NonRefoulement #RefugeeLaw

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/s-s-and-others-v-italy/

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A Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

The ICJ's advisory opinion has been subject to high expectations. At first glance, these expectations appear to have been met. However, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that various statements made by the ICJ remain vague from a human rights perspective. This

#ClimateChange #HumanRights #Migration #NonRefoulement

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/a-right-to-a-clean-healthy-and-sustainable-environment/

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Where Law Ends, Harm Begins

In early May 2025, the recently elected German government implemented a highly controversial border policy aimed at intensifying checks along its borders with Poland and the Czech Republic. Initiated by Interior Minister Dobrindt (CSU), it targets asylum seekers entering Germany through EU Member States deeme

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #Germany #ImmigrationLaw #NonRefoulement

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/where-law-ends-harm-begins/

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Pushing Back Responsibility

In June 2025, the Greek government announced the deployment of naval warships to international waters off the Libyan coast, framing the operation as a necessary intervention to prevent migrants from reaching Greek territory. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis justified the initiative as a “pre-emptive message”, intended to signal that human

#Greece #NonRefoulement #RefugeeLaw

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/pushing-back-responsibility/

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The End of ‘Contactless Control’ or the Time to Overcome Jurisdictional Constraints?

On June 12, 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (‘Court’) published its much-anticipated ruling on the application of S.S. and Others v. Italy. And, in fact, the Court opted for an inadmissibi

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #Italy #Jurisdiction #NonRefoulement

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-end-of-contactless-control-or-the-time-to-overcome-jurisdictional-constraints/

@ElysianEve @edri agreed in that I referenced the wrong document.

Still, multiple conventions signed and binding to all #EU members make my point still valid as in the illegality of such acts, like the #NonRefoulement-clause.

• #NotLegalAdvice OFC and I'd rather refer to @marcel as a licensed solicitor (in Germany) in that regard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-refoulement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_Fundamental_Rights_of_the_European_Union