30
July
2024
Guidance on investigating alleged ill-treatment at borders
Fundamental rights violations on the EU’s land and sea borders often go unreported. Investigations into these violations need to be more effective. This report gathers examples of alleged rights violations of migrants and refugees between 2020 and 2023. It sets out 10 steps to promote prompt and effective national investigations into incidents of ill-treatment at borders.
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- Key findings
- Alleged ill-treatment at borders: Ten points to promote effective national investigations
- Introduction
- Structure and scope
- 1. National investigations and EU law
- 2. Reporting incidents
- 3. Type of legal process
- 4. Ensuring effective investigations
- Conclusions
- Annex: European Court of Human Rights cases
- Acronyms
- About this publication
- AIDA Asylum Information Database
- CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union
- CNCDH French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme)
- CPT European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- ECHR European Convention on Human Rights
- ECtHR European Court of Human Rights
- ENNHRI European Network of National Human Rights Institutions
- FRA European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- Frontex European Border and Coast Guard Agency
- GPS global positioning system
- OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- RSA Refugee Support Aegean
- UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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