Czech Litigation on Systematic Detention of Asylum Seekers: Ripple Effects across Europe

MORARU, Madalina Bianca a Linda JANKŮ. Czech Litigation on Systematic Detention of Asylum Seekers: Ripple Effects across Europe. European Journal of Migration and Law. 2021, roč. 3, č. 23, s. 284-307. ISSN 1388-364X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718166-12340103.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Czech Litigation on Systematic Detention of Asylum Seekers: Ripple Effects across Europe
• Autoři: MORARU, Madalina Bianca (642 Rumunsko, garant, domácí) a Linda JANKŮ (203 Česká republika, domácí).
• Vydání: European Journal of Migration and Law, 2021, 1388-364X.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Obor: 50501 Law
• Stát vydavatele: Spojené státy
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: Web časopisu
• Impakt faktor: Impact factor: 0.889
• Kód RIV: RIV/00216224:14220/21:00122814
• Organizační jednotka: Právnická fakulta
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718166-12340103
• UT WoS: 000719421900003
• Klíčová slova anglicky: detention; Dublin III Regulation; Return Directive; EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; European Convention of Human Rights; strategic litigation; Czech Public Defender of Rights (Ombudsman); Court of Justice of the European Union
• Štítky: rivok

Anotace

This article investigates the development of national litigation against the Czech Republic’s governmental policy to detain asylum seekers under the Dublin III Regulation, as a means to address the so-called refugee crisis. The outcome of this litigation has been the preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Al Chodor case, which has been praised for enhancing domestic standards of protection of asylum seekers and returnees’ right to liberty across the EU. The article demonstrates that this preliminary ruling has been a catalyst for domestic legislative and jurisprudential reforms across the EU, improving to a certain extent the protection of the right to liberty of asylum seekers. However, it is argued that in the Czech Republic the case has not initiated a change in the legislation, nor has it reduced the systematic use of asylum detention. The article identifies some important legal, political and social factors from within and beyond courtrooms that have contributed to this ambiguous outcome of the Czech litigation. It concludes by identifying circumstances that need to be taken into account when using the preliminary reference procedure as a tool for strategic litigation.