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  • Lien Aerts

ECtHR slavishly follows CJEU case law in Ferrero Quintana v Spain

February 11, 2025

By Lien Aerts The case of Ferrero Quintana v Spain concerns an age limit applied in a recruitment procedure for police officers. The same recruitment procedure has been assessed by the CJEU, where another candidate also challenged the existence of the age limit (Salaberria Sorondo). Having exhausted all domestic remedies, Mr Ferrero Quintana turned to […]

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  • Dr. Türkan Ertuna Lagrand

Beyond Opuz v. Turkey: the CJEU’s Judgment in WS and the Refugee Law Consequences of the State’s Failure to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence

February 20, 2024

By Dr. Türkan Ertuna Lagrand Introduction Fifteen years after Opuz v. Turkey, Türkiye is once more the source for a groundbreaking judgment of a European court focusing on domestic violence. In its judgment of 16 January 2024 in WS (C-621/21), the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has established some long-awaited crucial interpretations to […]

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