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29/12/2023
SI: The Administrative Court annulled a detention order grounded on safeguarding the fundamental interest of society, upon determining that it was issued merely as a sanction for past conduct and ruled that deprivation of liberty must strictly serve as a measure of last resort.

ECLI
ECLI:SI:USRS:2023:Up.919.23
Input Provided By
EUAA Courts and Tribunals Network
Other Source/Information
Type
Judgment
Original Documents
Relevant Legislative Provisions
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights ; European Convention on Human Rights; Return Directive (Directive 2008/115/EC of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals); Revised Reception Conditions Directive (Directive 2013/33/EU laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection) and/or RCD 2003/9/CE
Reference
Slovenia, Administrative Court [Upravno sodišče], A.A. v Ministry of the Interior (Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve‚ Slovenia), I U 1860/2023, ECLI:SI:USRS:2023:Up.919.23, 29 December 2023. Link redirects to the English summary in the EUAA Case Law Database.
Permanent link to the case
https://caselaw.euaa.europa.eu/pages/viewcaselaw.aspx?CaseLawID=4214
Case history
Other information
Abstract

According to the summary provided by the EUAA Courts and Tribunals Network:


“Referring to judgments of the CJEU C-601/15 (J. N.), C-233/18 (Haqbin) and C-422/21 (TO) the Administrative Court ruled that if a certain measure against the applicant aims merely as a sanction for the applicant's past conduct, deprivation of liberty under Article 8(3) of the recast Reception Conditions Directive 2013/33/EU is not allowed. Deprivation of liberty must necessarily mean a last resort, a necessary and proportionate way of deterring the danger for public safety in the future. Referring to judgments of the CJEU in cases C-249/13 (Boudjlida) and C-277/11 (M) the court stated that in a situation where the procedure for deprivation of liberty is ongoing due to a one-off incident with the security guards of the Asylum Home, in which there was shoving or pushing between several people for a short period of time and where there is no other documentary evidence of the applicant's individual behaviour during the incident or other signs of dangerous behaviour on the part of the applicant, the applicant must be given a possibility to effectively defend himself before the detention order is issued. The court also stated that there is no sufficient factual basis for the conclusion that the applicant represents a present and sufficiently serious threat to the fundamental interest of society and ordered applicant's immediate release.”


Country of Decision
Slovenia
Court Name
SI: Administrative Court [Upravno sodišče]
Case Number
I U 1860/2023
Date of Decision
29/12/2023
Country of Origin
Morocco
Keywords
Detention/ Alternatives to Detention
Public order
Reception/Accommodation
RETURN