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Pretoria Conference, 11-13 May 2026 Please submit your abstract by 30 September 2025
Celebrating, Reflecting, Connecting A Conference in honour of the 20th Anniversary of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, co-hosted by DISSECT: Evidence in International Human Rights Adjudication (ERC, Ghent University) and the Centre for Human Rights and NRF Chair in International Constitutional Law, University of Pretoria Evidence Matters Before Regional Human Rights Courts: The AfricanContinue…
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Evidencing Pushbacks at borders of CoE Member States: Third Party Intervention in A.A.N. and Others v. Greece
By Grażyna Baranowska1, Marie-Bénédicte Dembour2 and Isabel Kienzle3 This post, an output of the DISSECT’s project, is concomitantly being published on the Strasbourg Observers blog. Regularly operated at many borders of CoE member states, pushbacks are problematic practices from a human rights perspective. They generally violate the principle of non-refoulement under Article 3 ECHR asContinue…
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Pushing states to evidence pushbacks: Lessons from MH v. Croatia for intersecting domestic criminal law and international human rights
By Irina Fehr1 and Jill Alpes2 A ‘pushback’ refers to the forcible expulsion of individuals from a country without considering their specific circumstances, denying them the chance to seek international protection, often accompanied by violence and excessive force. Although pushback practices may also constitute crimes, human rights-based pushback litigation is predominant. In this blogpost, weContinue…
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