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On 16 February 2021, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the case of V.C.L. and A.N. v. The United Kingdom (applications nos. 77587/12 and 74603/12).
 

• Communicated case against Lithuania

The case of L.B. v Lithuania (application no. 31821/20) concerns a Russian national who arrived in Lithuania in 2001 and claimed to have participated in the war in Chechnya. In 2003 he was granted a temporary residence permit on humanitarian grounds and, from 2004 to 2008, he received subsidiary protection on the grounds of indiscriminate violence in Chechnya. In 2008 he was granted a permanent residence permit in Lithuania.

On 11 February 2021, AG Hogan published his Opinion in case C-921/19 on the interpretation of Article 40 of the Procedures Directive (Directive 2013/32).
 

On 10 February 2021, AG Pikamäe published his opinion in BZ v Westerwaldkreis C-546/19 concerning a reference made by the Federal Administrative Court of Germany relating to the 'entry ban' provided for by the Return Directive (Directive 2008/115).