http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20230909-182846-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/shielding-frontex/ Shielding Frontex - On the EU General Court’s “WS and others v Frontex” De Coninck, Joyce eng 2023-09-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Frontex Human Rights pushbacks Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In a landmark case, the EU General Court ruled this week on liability claims against Frontex for human rights violations - and rejected the damage claims. The case was the first of its kind concerning human rights responsibility of Frontex and had all the ingredients to prompt the General Court to finally clarify a number of pervasive and urgent questions concerning Frontex responsibility for complicity in unlawful human rights conduct. Instead, by conflating the wrongful conduct under scrutiny, the Court prevents a critical examination of Frontex’s conduct altogether. The significance of the case thus lies in the adopted approach by the Court, which, in effect, contributes to the systematic shielding of Frontex from any responsibility for contributions to human rights harms.