Objective

The online seminar will provide legal practitioners with an update on the case law developed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with relevance for asylum law. It will focus primarily on developments in 2023.

Key topics

• The role of European courts in immigration governance
• Article 2 and Article 3 ECHR cases
• Protection against inhuman or degrading treatment
• Prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens
• Rule 39 interim measures and Article 34 ECHR
• Lawfulness of detention of asylum-seekers according to Article 5 ECHR
• Protection of the right to family life and right to private life based on Article 8 ECHR
• Protection of vulnerable groups