The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has published its decisions taken during its Human Rights meeting from 10 to 12 June, concerning the following cases related to migration.

As regards the case of M.H. and Others v. Croatia, the Committee of Ministers noted with satisfaction Croatia’s progress and encouraged the authorities further enhance effectiveness notably of criminal investigations, alignment of migrant detention with ECHR, and protection from collective expulsions. It closed the examination of the issues of prolonged placement of children in migrant transit centres and of access of lawyers and CSOs to asylum seekers.

In the case of Moustahi v. France, the Committee noted with interest several steps taken by the authorities to protect unaccompanied foreign minors and invited the French authorities, inter alia, to adopt new practical measures regarding the “attachment” of minors to an adult, and further enhance protection from collective expulsions.

As regards the M.S.S. and H.A. and Others v. Greece group of cases, the Committee noted the significant progress achieved by the authorities in enhancing their asylum system and closed the supervision of the issue of asylum proceedings. It will continue to supervise the measures relating to reception and living conditions of asylum seekers, including medical care, and conditions of immigration detention.

Under Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights, judgments from the European Court of Human Rights are binding on the states concerned. The Committee of Ministers supervises the execution of judgments on the basis of information provided by national authorities, civil society organisations, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and other interested parties.