nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/7d53253ac705cdf1 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250507s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/7d53253ac705cdf1 doi eng 342 23 Rocca, Matilde Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-9115-9241 Longing for Safety before the European Court of Justice - The Advocate General’s Advisory Opinion in Alace and Canpelli Rocca, Matilde Verfassungsblog 2025-05-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 10 April 2025, Advocate General de la Tour delivered his Advisory Opinion in the joined cases Alace and Canpelli dealing with the powers of Italy – and, by extension, other EU Member States – to legislate on what constitutes a “safe third country” and a “safe country of origin”. The AG confirmed that Italy can list a third country as “safe” when it is “generally” deemed as such, provided that this designation is compliant with EU law. This piece discusses how the human rights of applicants seeking international protection are likely to be hindered by this approach. CC BY-SA 4.0 EU Law European Court of Justice Europäischer Gerichtshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) Italy-Albania Protocol safe country of origin (DE-588)5103273-9 gnd Europäischer Gerichtshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/alace-canpelli-italy-albania/ raw object