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  • Luna Lanckvrind

A Warning Shot for Applicants Seeking Interim Measures? Abuse of the Right of Application in Mouelhi v. Belgium

October 13, 2026

By Luna Lanckvrind What are the consequences when applicants distort the facts underlying requests for urgent protection before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)? In the case of Mouelhi v. Belgium, the Court attempted to settle this question, venturing into territory not previously explored. In a particularly admonitory manner, it expanded the scope of […]