Intervention by the AIRE Centre, ICJ, ILGA-EUROPE and ECRE in case O.S. v. Switzerland (no. 43987/16)

Intervention by the AIRE Centre, ICJ, ILGA-EUROPE and ECRE in case O.S. v. Switzerland (no. 43987/16)

The AIRE Centre, ICJ, ILGA-EUROPE and ECRE have submitted a third party intervention in case O.S. v. Switzerland (no. 43987/16).

This intervention addresses the following points:

i) enforced concealment of one’s same-sex sexual orientation constitutes persecution under refugee law and is incompatible with the Convention, in particular, Article 3

ii) the criminalisation of consensual same-sex sexual conduct gives rise to a real risk of Article 3 prohibited treatment, thus triggering non-refoulement obligations under the Convention

iii) the risk of persecution based on sexual orientation in Gambia.

Universal-SexualOrientationRefugee-Advocacy-LegalSubmissions-2017-ENG (full legal submission)

 

ICJ/UNHCR workshop on non-refoulement and right to an effective remedy

ICJ/UNHCR workshop on non-refoulement and right to an effective remedy

On 3-4 July, the ICJ and UNHCR organised a workshop for lawyers across Europe on the principle of non-refoulement and the right to an effective remedy.

On 3-4 July, the ICJ and UNHCR organised a workshop for lawyers across Europe on the principle of non-refoulement and the right to an effective remedy. The workshop, which took place at the European Court of Human Rights’ premises, focussed on the Strasbourg Court’s jurisprudence and on the practice and procedure related to interim measures before the court.

Europe-ICJUNHCRtraining-agendaICJ-2012 (download the agenda of the workshop)

Photo credit: © Stabilisation Unit/DFID (the DFID has no involvement in nor does support this event)

 

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