http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200214-164222-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-painful-slap-from-the-ecthr-and-an-urgent-opportunity-for-spain/ A Painful Slap from the ECtHR and an Urgent Opportunity for Spain Oviedo Moreno, Carlos eng 2020-02-14 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 border control Collective Expulsion Non Refoulement Refugee Protection Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights shockingly endorses a practice which opposes the core principles of International Law and the protection of fundamental rights. This decision repeals a previous ECtHR judgement of 2017 which had condemned push-backs and which Spain had asked to be referred to the Grand Chamber. But all hope is not lost: The Spanish Constitutional Court will rule on the “rejections at the border” provision in the near future and has the chance to uphold Spain’s international legal obligations.