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 2018 and 2019.

Key topics

• Human rights and legitimacy in the implementation of asylum and migration law
• Protection against return to face a risk of ill treatment (refoulement)
• 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