The evidentiary toolbox of the ECtHR: Seven ways to improve establishing facts in pushback cases

By Grażyna Baranowska, Jill Alpes and Isabel Kienzle Pushbacks are practices which result in migrants being forced across borders without an individual assessment of their protection needs. While they are a persistent feature at many European borders, the facts surrounding pushbacks often remain invisible in the ECtHR judgments. Our recent article in the International Journal…