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CJEU - C 404/17, A v Migrationsverket, 25 July 2018
Country of applicant: Serbia
Keywords: Manifestly unfounded application, Safe country of origin

A Member State cannot rely on the rebuttable presumption under Articles 36 and 37 of the 2013 Asylum Procedures Directive (APD) in respect of the safe country of origin concept and subsequently find the application to be manifestly unfounded in accordance with Article 31(8)(b) without having fully implemented and complied with the procedures under the APD relating to the designation of countries as safe countries of origin.

Moreover, a Member State may not consider an application for asylum as manifestly unfounded under the APD due to the insufficiency of the applicant’s representations. 

Date of decision: 25-07-2018
Relevant International and European Legislation: EN - Asylum Procedures Directive, Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005,Art 23,European Union Law,EN - Recast Asylum Procedures Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council,Recital (11),Recital (12),Recital (18),Recital (40),Recital (41),Recital (42),Article 1,Article 31,Article 32,Article 36,Article 37,Article 46
ECtHR - Georgia v Russia, Application no 13255/07, 3 July 2014
Country of applicant: Georgia
Keywords: Effective access to procedures, Detention, Effective remedy (right to), Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Nationality, Discrimination, Return

The ECtHR holds that Russia is in violation of Article 5 ECHR and of Article 4 of Protocol 4 through the implementation of an unlawful administrative practice against a large number of Georgian nationals as a means of identifying them. This led to the arrest, detention and collective expulsion of 4634 Georgians from the Russian Federation and further violations of Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention.

Date of decision: 03-07-2014
Relevant International and European Legislation: 1951 Refugee Convention,ECHR (Frist Protocol),Art 2,European Union Law,International Law,Council of Europe Instruments,EN - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,Article 4,Article 19,Article 21,EN - Recast Asylum Procedures Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council,Recital (25),Recital (38),Recital (42),Recital (50),Article 20,Article 25,Article 36,EN - Returns Directive, Directive 2008/115/EC of 16 December 2008,Article 13,EN - Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,Article 2,Article 3,Article 5,Article 8,Article 13,Article 14,Article 18,Article 35,Article 38,EN - Dublin III Regulation, Council Regulation (EC) No. 604/2013 of 26 June 2013 (recast Dublin II Regulation),Article 27,ECHR (Fourth Protocol),Art 4,Art 1