"Unlawful" may not mean rightless
- Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is short. Its title reads "Prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens", its text reads: "Collective expulsion of aliens is prohibited." It comes as a historical disappointment that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in its decision in the case N.D. and N.T. v. Spain from 13 February 2020 distorts this clear guarantee to exclude apparently "unlawful" migrants from its protection. The decision is a shock for the effective protection of rights in Europe and at its external borders. Consequently the Guardian titled that the Court is "under fire". Reading the majority opinion is at times a puzzling experience, to say the least.
| Author: | Maximilian Pichl, Dana Schmalz |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-536630 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17176/20200214-164325-0 |
| Parent Title (German): | Verfassungsblog |
| Publisher: | Verfassungsblog.de |
| Place of publication: | Berlin |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2020 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2020/02/14 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2020/06/03 |
| Tag: | Collective Expulsion; Non Refoulement; Refugee Protection; border control |
| Issue: | 2020/2/14 |
| Page Number: | 6 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 6 |
| Note: | LICENSED UNDER CC BY NC ND |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 467350949 |
| Institutes: | Rechtswissenschaft / Rechtswissenschaft |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 34 Recht / 340 Recht |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitung 4.0 |
