Case summaries
CJEU - C-297/12, Gjoko Filev, Adnan Osmani
Keywords:
Procedural guarantees, Return
The Returns Directive does not permit an entry ban to be time limited only in circumstances where the recipient makes an application for such.
Date of decision:
19-09-2013
Belgium – Council for Alien Law litigation, 20 October 2010, Nr. 49.821
Country of applicant:
Macedonia
Keywords:
Actors of protection, Actor of persecution or serious harm, Non-state actors/agents of persecution, Protection, Membership of a particular social group, Gender Based Persecution
This case concerned the concept of “particular social group." The CALL held that persons of the same sex can, in certain societies, be considered as a “particular social group.” The applicant, a victim of forced prostitution, was granted international protection on the basis of her belonging to the social group of women.
Date of decision:
20-10-2010
France - Council of State, 23 July 2010, Amnesty International France and others, n° 336034
Country of applicant:
Armenia, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ghana, India, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Mongolia, Senegal, Tanzania, Turkey
Keywords:
Safe country of origin
Partial quashing of the list of safe countries of origin: Armenia, Madagascar, Turkey and Mali (women only) removed from the list
Date of decision:
03-07-2010