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Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast)

Oct 21, 2021

The recast “Reception Conditions Directive” is a recast of a previous Directive (Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003), with implementation deadline of 21 July 2015. The Directive covers also detention of asylum seekers (artt. 8-10) and of vulnerable persons...

Joint general comment No. 3 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) and No. 22 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration

Oct 21, 2021

The Joint General Comment of the CMW and CRC addresses the human rights of all children, independently of their or their parents’ status, in the context of international migration. Fundamental principles like non-discrimination, the best interests of the child...

Kanagaratnam and Others v. Belgium, ECtHR, Application no. 15297/09, Judgment of 13 December 2011

Oct 21, 2021

ECtHR decision on the detention of a mother with her three children in a closed center for four months. The family had been refouled after applying for asylum at the border at Brussels Zaventem airport. The European Court of Human Rights condemned Belgium on the basis...

Decision n° 166/2013 of 19 December 2013, Constitutional Court (Belgium)

Oct 21, 2021

Decision of the Constitutional Court on the action for annulment brought by a coalition of associations on the legality of article 74/9 of the law of 15 December 1980. The Court confirmed the legality of this article and clarified its scope, finding that the detention...

Decision n° 251.051 of 24 June 2021, Council of State (Belgium)

Oct 21, 2021

Final decision of the Council of State on the action for suspension and annulment brought by a coalition of associations after the publication of the Royal Decree of 22 July 2018 establishing the modalities of detention of families in migration. The Council of State...