Czech Republic - V.P. v Ministry of Interior - damages claim

Court name: District Court of Prague 7
State: Czech Republic
Date of decision:
Key aspects: Procedural safeguards, Statelessness determination

The Court ordered the Ministry of Interior to pay damages to an applicant to the statelessness determination procedure for experiencing delays in the procedure and excessively detaining him while awaiting a statelessness determination decision. 

 

Czech Republic - A.K. and E.K. v. Ministry of Interior

Court name: Municipal Court Prague
State: Czech Republic
Date of decision:
Legal instruments: 1954 Statelessness Convention, 1961 Statelessness Convention, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Other international law
Key aspects: Access to social and economic rights, Protection, Residence permit, Stateless status and documentation, Statelessness and asylum, Statelessness determination

The court stated that “not admitting applicants for statelessness status to an asylum seekers' accommodation centre is an unlawful action” and the applicants should be admitted to an accommodation centre until a decision is made on their applications for recognition as a stateless person. The case was argued based on an analogy with the asylum procedure, as the reference to stateless persons is currently in the Czech Asylum Act.