http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/ecbe94e125dadef0 https://verfassungsblog.de/letter-human-rights-european-court-migration/ What Are Human Rights For? - On the May 2025 Danish-Italian Public Letter to the ECtHR Steininger, Silvia ger 2025-06-02 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Asylum Law Denmark ECHR ECtHR Italy Judicial restraint Migration Non Refoulement Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The Danish-Italian public letter to the European Court of Human Rights from 22 May 2025 must be understood in the context of two decades of “crises” in the European human rights regime. None of it is new or unprecedented. What makes it truly troubling, however, is the changed geopolitical context and the focus on migrants and asylum seekers as the most vulnerable.