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  • Grażyna Baranowska

What – if any – are the consequences of the ‘instrumentalization of migration’ for human rights protection under the ECHR? A look at the arguments raised at the ECtHR Grand Chamber hearing on pushbacks to Belarus.

March 04, 2025

By Grazyna Baranowska On 12 February 2025, the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR held three hearings relating to pushback cases conducted by Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. The cases were relinquished to the Grand Chamber and heard in a single – very long – day, since all the alleged violations occurred within the same broader context […]