Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 March 2019

Abubacarr Jawo v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Dublin system — Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 — Transfer of the asylum seeker to the Member State responsible for examining the application for international protection — Concept of ‘absconding’ — Modalities of extending the time limit for transfer — Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Substantial risk of inhuman or degrading treatment on completion of the asylum procedure — Living conditions of beneficiaries of international protection in that Member State

Case C-163/17


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
17/05/2019 Jawo
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:218
19/03/2019 Jawo
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2019:218
19/03/2019 Jawo
Application (OJ)
08/09/2017 Jawo
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2018:613
25/07/2018 Jawo
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.02 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
      1.04.02.01 Field of application of the Charter (Article 51(1) and (2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.04 Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.04 Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.18 Right to asylum
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.04 Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 03/04/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 25/07/2018

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

19/03/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 187 from 03.06.2019, p.7

Application: OJ C 318 from 25.09.2017, p.2

Name of the parties

Jawo

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Hillary, L.: Dublinverordening. Materiële deprivatie na vergunningverlening in andere lidstaat aanleiding voor niet toepassen wederzijds vertrouwensbeginsel, Administratiefrechtelijke beslissingen ; Rechtspraak bestuursrecht 2019 nº 18 p.01362-1363 (NL)
  2. Hruschka, Constantin: Begriff der ,,Flucht‘‘ im Dublin-Verfahren, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2019 p.712-713 (DE)
  3. Wierink, Sanderijn: Wie niet weg is, is gezien, Asiel en Migrantenrecht 2019 p.216-219 (NL)
  4. Lübbe, Anna: Vertrauen oder Realitätskontakt ?, Europarecht 2019 N°3 p.352-360 (DE)
  5. Wendel, Mattias: Die Pflicht zur Berücksichtigung der Lebensumstände von anerkannt Schutzberechtigten im EU-Ausland, Juristenzeitung 2019 p.983-989 (DE)
  6. Gazin, Fabienne: Asile - Détermination de l'État membre responsable de la demande d'asile, Europe 2019, n° 5 Mai, Comm. 190 (FR)
  7. Den Heijer, Maarten: Transferring a refugee to homelessness in another Member State: Jawo and Ibrahim, Common Market Law Review 2020, n° 2, p. 539-556 (EN)
  8. Barbou Des Places, Ségolène: Quelle place pour la personne dans le contentieux des transferts Dublin ? Les enseignements de l'arrêt Jawo, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2020 p. 142-147 (FR)
  9. Labayle, Henri: XIV. Espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice - Cour de justice, gde ch., 19 mars 2019, Abubacarr Jawo c/ Allemagne, aff. C-163/17, ECLI:EU:C:2019:218, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2019. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2020, p. 781-786 (FR)
  10. Anagnostaras, Georgios: The Common European Asylum System: Balancing Mutual Trust Against Fundamental Rights Protection, German Law Journal 2020, Vol. 21, n° 6, p. 1180-1197 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg - Germany

Subject-matter

  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - asylum policy
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention européenne de sauvegarde des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés fondamentales (04/11/1950), article 3

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Wathelet

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French