The absolute prohibition of torture and exceptional circumstances:Third Party Intervention in the case of C.O.C.G. and Others v Lithuania before the European Court of Human Rights
Journal: VU Research Portal
Year: 2025

Given the recent trends in states’ responses to the facilitation of border crossings, framed as ‘hybrid attacks’ and an ’instrumentalisation’ of migrants, we are publishing this Bonavero Report with an aim to provide an authoritative statement of what the international law on non-refoulement obligations requires from states, even under difficult political circumstances. This report reproduces the Third Party Intervention submitted to the ECtHR in the case of C.O.C.G. and Others v Lithuania,9 cur