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On 14 July 2020 the Tribunal in the Hague (‘Rechtbank Den Haag’) ruled (in case NL20.6683) that the ‘Chain Rule’, which was previously embedded in Article 20 (2) of Dublin II Regulation, is no longer reflected in the current Article 29 Dublin III Regulation.

On 13 July 2020, the Supreme Administrative Court (the SAC) published its judgment (Case KHO:2020:88) concerning the refusal to grant international protection status on the basis of the applicant’s political opinion and activities.

On 2 July 2020, the Federal Administrative Court published its judgment (Case E-3021/2020) concerning the failure to provide procedural guarantees when assessing the asylum request of an alleged unaccompanied minor.

On 2 July 2020, the European Court of Human Rights published its judgment in N.H. and others v France (Application No. 28820/13) concerning the living conditions of homeless asylum applicants as a result of the failures of the French authorities.