Advocate General argues rape and sexual coercion of child does not amount to 'imperative grounds of public security' but expulsion may be justified

Advocate General argues rape and sexual coercion of child does not amount to 'imperative grounds of public security' but expulsion may be justified

Advocate General argues rape and sexual coercion of child does not amount to 'imperative grounds of public security' but expulsion may be justified

In his Opinion presented on 6 March 2012, Advocate General Yves BOT has argued that sexual abuse of a 14-year old minor, sexual coercion and rape are not covered by the concept of imperative grounds of public security where those acts do not directly threaten the calm and physical security of the population of a whole or a large part of it...
Coalition of NGOs demand NATO for clarification on how 63 migrants died in the eastern Mediterranean after repeated distress signals went unheeded

Coalition of NGOs demand NATO for clarification on how 63 migrants died in the eastern Mediterranean after repeated distress signals went unheeded

Coalition of NGOs demand NATO for clarification on how 63 migrants died in the eastern Mediterranean after repeated distress signals went unheeded

On 26 March 2012, a coalition of NGOs informed that they had written to NATO and the ministers of defence of a number of its Member States to ask for clarification as to how 63 migrants died in the eastern Mediterranean after repeated distress signals received no response even though the area was under constant surveillance by the most power military alliance in the world.
ECHR: Intercepting asylum-seekers at sea to send them back to the country of departure clearly violates the Convention

ECHR: Intercepting asylum-seekers at sea to send them back to the country of departure clearly violates the Convention

ECHR: Intercepting asylum-seekers at sea to send them back to the country of departure clearly violates the Convention

On 23rd February 2012, the Chairman of the Committee on Migration of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Giacomo SANTINI, welcomed the “landmark judgment” of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which “unambiguously upholds the right of persons intercepted at sea not to be pushed back and to request asylum”...
Still no agreement on revising Dublin II Regulation, but more mechanisms of solidarity

Still no agreement on revising Dublin II Regulation, but more mechanisms of solidarity

Still no agreement on revising Dublin II Regulation, but more mechanisms of solidarity

n the absence of an agreement on revising the Dublin II Regulation which has, de facto, become inapplicable as far as Greece is concerned, the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council, meeting on 8 March 2012, adopted conclusions on a common framework for genuine and practical solidarity towards Member States facing particular pressures on their asylum systems, including through mixed migration flows.
Grand Chamber sees no violation in Government-funded book and two dictionaries with pejorative description and definition of “Gypsy”

Grand Chamber sees no violation in Government-funded book and two dictionaries with pejorative description and definition of “Gypsy”

Grand Chamber sees no violation in Government-funded book and two dictionaries with pejorative description and definition of “Gypsy”

In a Grand Chamber ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), concerning complaints lodged by a Turkish national of Roma origin, Mustafa AKSU, the Grand Chamber ruled by 16 to one that there was no need to examine the facts complained of under Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination and that Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) had not been violated.

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