The Dublin system: the ECJ Squares the Circle Between Mutual Trust and Human Rights Protection

On 16 February 2017, the ECJ handed down a seminal judgment in the case of C.K. and others, C-578/16 PPU. This ruling was rendered on a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of Slovenia asking, in substance, whether the risk faced by an asylum seeker of being a victim of inhuman and degrading treatment because of his/her individual situation, shall prevent his/her transfer to another Member State to consider his/her asylum claim on the basis of the Dublin system.

ECJ: C-578/16 PPU - C. K. and Others: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 February 2017 C. K. and Others v Republika Slovenija. Request for a preliminary ruling http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&td=ALL&num=C-578/16%20PPU

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