Mandate

The Division on Migration and Refugees (DMR) was created at the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DG1on 1 February 2025 to follow-up on the action by the former Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees. Its mandate includes suggesting assistance and support to member states, particularly through the Network of Focal Points on Migration, seeking, collecting and analysing information on the human rights situation of migrants and refugees, as well as complementing and co-ordinating activities of other relevant Council of Europe bodies and our action with other international partners, notably the UNHCR, IOM, EU, and its specialised agencies, and other national, regional and international stakeholders, including civil society organisations. The DMR represents the Council of Europe in the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award Selection Committee, as well as in the Consultative Forums of Frontex and of EUAA.

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Judgments concerning extradition and deportation

On 07 December 2017, in a Chamber judgment handed down in the case of D.L. v. Austria (application no. 34999/16), concerning the proceedings for the extradition of a Serbian national from Austria to Kosovo, the Court found, unanimously, that there would be no violation of Article 2 (right to life) or Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights in the event of the applicant’s extradition to Kosovo.

 

On 19 December 2017, the Court handed down a Chamber judgment in the case of A. v. Switzerland (no. 60342/16), which concerned the decision of the Swiss authorities to deport an Iranian national after rejecting his application for asylum. The Court held, unanimously, that the applicant’s deportation to Iran would not give rise to a violation of Article 2 (right to life) or 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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