PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND ILLEGAL MIGRANTS – PRACTICE OF EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

ĐUKANOVIĆ Anđela (Istraživač saradnik, Institut za međunarodnu politiku i privredu, Beograd), andjela@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs

The European Court of Human Rights plays an important role in protecting the rights of asylum seekers and illegal migrants through a set of different human rights. Requests for interim measures under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court have also great importance. In cases involving illegal migrants and asylum-seekers, the Court was often in a difficult position, given the contradictions that could arise from the protection of human rights and the legitimate aim of the Contracting States to control the entry, residence and expulsion of aliens. The recent Courts judgments in the case of M. S. S. against Belgium and in the case of Jama Hirsi and others v. Italy are particularly important because of their remarkable influence on the perception of the common asylum system in the EU.

Keywords: European Court of Human Rights, Council of Europe, European Union, asylum seekers, illegal migrants