http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/a6f7e58093f98aa5 https://verfassungsblog.de/eu-belarus-border-migrant-instrumentalisation/ From the EU-Belarus Border to Strasbourg - The Cases on ‘Migrant Instrumentalisation’ Before the ECtHR Ancite-Jepifánova, Aleksandra eng 2025-03-03 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Belarus ECtHR EU European Union Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Migrant Instrumentalisation Migration EU Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 12 February 2025 the ECtHR considered for the first time the interpretation of the Convention in the context of so-called ‘migrant instrumentalisation’ or ‘hybrid attacks’, allegedly orchestrated by the Belarusian regime after the EU imposed sanctions on Minsk. This contribution critically reviews the key arguments of the respondent governments with respect to the interpretation of Art. 3 ECHR and Art. 4 Prot. 4 ECHR and considers the relationship between the two in the particular context.