SRSG publishes report on the situation of migrants and refugees in Italy

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL ON MIGRATION AND REFUGEES

“Italy should improve its asylum reception-capacity and integration policies, prevent human trafficking and combat corruption, as well as strengthen the protection of refugee and migrant children” are the main findings in a report published on 8 March 2017 by the Secretary General’s Special...

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European standards on guardianship and effective alternatives to detention

CHILDREN´S RIGHTS DIVISION

In its first meeting on 2-3 February 2017, the Drafting Group of Experts on Children’s Rights and Safeguards in the context of migration (CAHENF-Safeguards) discussed key aspects that should be covered by the standards on guardianship, including a draft outline of the legal instrument. A survey...

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Concerns about migrant detention in Luxembourg and mission to Kosovo*

HR COMMISSIONER

On 2 February 2017 the Commissioner published an article in the Huffington Post, in view of the European Council's meeting in Malta focusing on migration, in which he stressed that states’ obligations to uphold the human rights of migrants should be given a prominent place in the Malta...

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Migrant women should benefit from Europe's gender equality policies

GENDER EQUALITY UNIT

The 2016 annual report on the implementation of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017, the guiding policy framework aimed at realising real equality between women and men in the Council of Europe member states, was published on 2 February 2017. The report refers to a number of...

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CPT visited immigration detention facilities in Cyprus

CPT

A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Cyprus from 2 to 9 February 2017. During this visit, the CPT visited the holding facilities for immigration detainees at Larnaca...

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Recent ECtHR case-law on expulsion and detention

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

On 14 February 2017 the Court handed down a Chamber judgment in the case of S.K. v. Russia, which involved a decision by the Russian authorities to detain a Syrian national and remove him to his home country. In its judgment, the Court held that there would be a violation of Article 2 (right to...

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