{"id":7044,"date":"2025-02-18T18:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d9lb3qyw8jhbr.cloudfront.net\/?p=7044"},"modified":"2025-02-18T18:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:10:08","slug":"defending-migrants-human-rights-at-the-european-court-of-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d9lb3qyw8jhbr.cloudfront.net\/en\/defending-migrants-human-rights-at-the-european-court-of-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending Migrants\u2019 Human Rights at the European Court of Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 12 February, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights dedicated an entire day to hearings in three landmark cases against Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, all exposing pushbacks and severe human rights violations at the EU-Belarus border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Since the beginning of the humanitarian crisis at the border and in Belarus in 2021, Human Constanta has been committed to protecting migrants&#8217; human rights and will continue to do so regardless of the Court\u2019s final decision. However, we firmly believe that the Court will reaffirm that human rights violations can never be justified for the sake of political convenience.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In its third-party intervention in the case <em>C.O.C.G. and Others v. Lithuania<\/em>, Human Constanta provided a thorough analysis of the situation in Belarus, including the effectiveness of its asylum system, the disregard for the non-refoulement principle by Belarusian de facto authorities, and documented instances of violence and human rights violations committed by Belarusian officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that Belarusian authorities\u2019 involvement in orchestrating and facilitating the humanitarian crisis in its early stages does not justify viewing asylum seekers solely through a security lens. States must uphold international refugee and human rights law, including the right to seek and enjoy asylum, access to fair and efficient asylum procedures, the principle of non-refoulement, and the right of individuals to voluntarily return to their home country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0<em>You can watch the webcast for the case C.O.C.G. and Others v. 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