Migration and Border Violence

Migrants, asylum seekers and refugees face abuses of their fundamental rights as a result of the structures of inequality that compel them to migrate, and the unequal border regimes which often deny them the freedom to do so safely and with dignity.

Our legal strategies, pursued in collaboration with migrant communities and non-governmental organisations, challenge the fast-changing policies that result in various forms of violence being perpetrated against this population.

We use a variety of innovative legal methods–ranging from human rights and refugee law, to international criminal law–to challenge border violence and advocate for mobility justice.

ACTIVITIES

GREECE
AEGEAN PUSH BACKS

Application submitted to European Court of Human Rights over unaccompanied minor set adrift in Aegean after applying for asylum

EUROPEAN UNION
FINANCIAL COMPLICITY

Complaint to the European Court of Auditors over lack of human rights monitoring of EU funds directed to Libyan Coast Guard.

GREECE
CRIMINALISING RESCUE

GLAN filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights challenging the illegality of the Greek authorities’ crackdown on human rights defenders.

AUSTRALIA
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

GLAN & Stanford International Human Rights Clinic's communication to International Criminal Court calling for an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed in Nauru and Manus Island.

GREECE
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE

Complaint to the European Court of Auditors over lack of human rights monitoring of EU funds directed to Libyan Coast Guard.

ITALY
PRIVATIZED PUSH BACKS

Complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee on behalf of an individual whose journey from Libya was intercepted in the high seas by a merchant vessel.

ITALY
CONTACTLESS PUSH BACK

Application filed against Italy with the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of seventeen survivors of a violent push-back at sea in 2017.

Submission to Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya on EU & its Member States’ Responsibilities

10 August 2021 The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) has made a submission to the United Nations Independent Fact-Finding Mission on...

Legal complaint filed against Italy for privatised push-backs to Libya and migrant abuse

GLAN filed a complaint against Italy with the UN Human Rights Committee on behalf of an individual whose journey from Libya was...

New project: Ending violent 'pushbacks' of refugees and migrants at the Greek-Turkish border

For years, the Greek authorities have been involved in informal, forcible removals (pushbacks) of migrants and asylum-seekers who enter...

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