nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200214-164222-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200214s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200214-164222-0 doi eng 342 23 Oviedo Moreno, Carlos Author aut A Painful Slap from the ECtHR and an Urgent Opportunity for Spain Oviedo Moreno, Carlos Verfassungsblog 2020-02-14 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 border control Collective Expulsion Non Refoulement Refugee Protection Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-painful-slap-from-the-ecthr-and-an-urgent-opportunity-for-spain/ raw object