Forthcoming hearings in February
The Court will be holding three Grand Chamber hearings on 12 February and one on 26 February 2025.
The case R.A. and Others v. Poland concerns a group of 32 Afghan nationals who claim to have fled Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power. They were left stranded in a makeshift camp on the border between Belarus and Poland from 8 August until 23 October 2021.
The case H.M.M. and Others v. Latvia concerns alleged “pushbacks” in the vicinity of the Latvian Belarusian border starting from 10 August 2021.
The case C.O.C.G. and Others v. Lithuania concerns four Cuban nationals and their repeated attempts to enter Lithuania by crossing the border with Belarus.
The case Tsaava and Others v. Georgia concerns the dispersal of a protest in 2019 from the front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi. The applicants were either participants in the demonstration, or journalists reporting on the protests. They allege, in particular, excessive use of force by the authorities resulting in their injury.