Between Return and Protection - The ECJ Mixes Up Czechia's Return Procedure
Last month, the ECJ responded to a preliminary reference of the Regional Court in Brno concerning Czechia’s so-called return procedure. The ECJ ruled that a third country national cannot be subject to a return decision if they applied for international protection and a first-instance decision on tha...
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| description | Last month, the ECJ responded to a preliminary reference of the Regional Court in Brno concerning Czechia’s so-called return procedure. The ECJ ruled that a third country national cannot be subject to a return decision if they applied for international protection and a first-instance decision on that application has not yet been delivered. Curiously, the ECJ thereby answered a question it had not actually been asked, while contradicting the conclusion of the Grand Chamber of the Czech Supreme Administrative Court (“SAC”), rendered shortly before. While the ECJ’s ruling will nonetheless improve some of the problems that have inhered within Czechia’s approach to international protection and return procedures, its failure to answer the referred question constitutes a missed opportunity to facilitate a productive dialogue with referring courts in an area of law where preliminary references have been exceedingly rare. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95db0ffc11a94663b5d26c76312239002023-12-20T11:09:49ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442023-12-012366-704410.59704/56c59c1abf78687aBetween Return and Protection - The ECJ Mixes Up Czechia's Return ProcedureKarolina Michková0https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0841-2669Natálie Dřínovská1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-0285Masaryk University, CzechiaLeiden University, NetherlandsLast month, the ECJ responded to a preliminary reference of the Regional Court in Brno concerning Czechia’s so-called return procedure. The ECJ ruled that a third country national cannot be subject to a return decision if they applied for international protection and a first-instance decision on that application has not yet been delivered. Curiously, the ECJ thereby answered a question it had not actually been asked, while contradicting the conclusion of the Grand Chamber of the Czech Supreme Administrative Court (“SAC”), rendered shortly before. While the ECJ’s ruling will nonetheless improve some of the problems that have inhered within Czechia’s approach to international protection and return procedures, its failure to answer the referred question constitutes a missed opportunity to facilitate a productive dialogue with referring courts in an area of law where preliminary references have been exceedingly rare.https://verfassungsblog.de/between-return-and-protection/Asylum ProceedingsCzech RepublicCzechiamigrant rightspreliminary referencereturn procedures |
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| title | Between Return and Protection - The ECJ Mixes Up Czechia's Return Procedure |
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