Keyword: ECHR - Association for Legal Intervention

Council of Europe expresses doubts over Poland’s (non-)implementation of an ECHR judgement regarding the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border

3 April 20243 April 2024

In mid-February, we presented an opinion to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding the current situation on the Polish-Belarusian border (available HERE). There, we criticised the Polish government…

Poland has failed to comply with the ECHR judgement and contributed to deterioration of the situation at the Polish-Belarussian border – SIP`s intervention

20 February 202412 March 2024

The Polish government claims that it has fully complied with the decision made by the European Court of Human Rights in case M.K. and others versus Poland in which the Court pointed out multiple infringements of human ri…

Another intervention before the ECHR concerning the detention of migrants in Poland

20 October 202315 December 2023

In May 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) reported the case of Z.H.R. and Others v. Poland concerning the detention of an Iraqi national and her two children in the Guarded Centre for Migrants in Lesznowola…

The ECtHR communicates another case concerning immigration detention of families in Poland

13 June 202315 December 2023

The ECtHR has once again decided to give notice in the case of the detention of a family with a child against Poland. There is a systemic problem with abusive detention of migrants in Poland.

Another case of illegal push-back communicated to Poland

5 June 202327 February 2024

The European Court of Human Rights has communicated to Poland another case concerning illegal deportations on the Polish-Belarusian border and arbitrary detention in guarded centers for foreigners. The European Court…

Expulsions of foreigners suspected of terrorism or espionage: We intervene before the ECHR

24 March 202315 December 2023

More and more foreigners are considered a threat to security and are expelled from Poland for this reason. The European Court of Human Rights will verify whether this is in line with the European Convention on Human Righ…

We are suing Poland for pushbacks on the border with Belarus

27 October 202215 December 2023

We submit a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights about illegal push backups experienced by our clients while crossing the Polish-Belarusian border. The case concerns a married couple from Algeria, who tried…

We submit a complaint to the ECtHR against unlawful detention of a family with a child

27 September 202215 December 2023

The Association for Legal Intervention has already filed another complaint to the European Court of Human Rights about illegal detention of a family with a minor child. The case concerns a married couple with a child…

We ask for compensation for unlawful detention for a family from Afghanistan

4 August 202215 December 2023

SIP represents foreigners in a case for compensation for unjustified stay in guarded centers for foreigners. The family from Afghanistan (parents with three children) spent a total of 97 days in detention. Foreigners…

Pleading against Poland for the detention of a traumatised family with children

14 June 202215 December 2023

SIP brought a complaint before the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of a family who had been held in guarded centres for foreigners for more than 6 months. The case concerns a family from Iraq (parents with tw…

Compensation for unjust deprivation of liberty of an unaccompanied child

4 May 202215 December 2023

The District Court in Olsztyn, in its judgment of 15 March 2022, II Ko 192/21, awarded compensation in the amount of PLN 20,000.00 for wrongful placement of an unaccompanied minor in a guarded center for foreigners. T…