European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)
What Is the Controversy on Repatriations From Syria About?
A summary of the background of the repatriation controversy and the stakes of the situation in the wake of the ECtHR’s H.F. v. France judgment.
Cyprien Fluzin is a PhD candidate in international law and teaching assistant at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland. His research focuses on the intersection of terrorism and armed conflict, in particular with respect to the participation of foreigners in conflicts abroad. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and previously worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva.
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A summary of the background of the repatriation controversy and the stakes of the situation in the wake of the ECtHR’s H.F. v. France judgment.
While cautious in its legal reasoning, the European Court of Human Rights ruling was a limited victory for advocates of repatriation. States are constrained by their human rights commitments—even on the most sensitive national security issues.