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• S.N. and B.N. v Switzerland (Application No. 12937/20): The case concerns the return of a child, in the context of international child abduction proceedings, to Thailand.

On the 25 June 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union published its judgment in C-36/20 concerning the interpretation of “other authorities” competent to receive asylum applications, and the use of detention measures in cases where it is not possible to find accommodation in a humanitarian protection centre.

On 24 June 2020, the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) published its judgment in the case of Hussein & Anor v Secretary of State of the Home Department [2020] UKUT 250 (IAC) concerning the requirement of expert evidence to prove matters of foreign law.

On 18 June 2020, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in Case C-78/18 Commission v Hungary, concerning Hungary’s restrictions on the financing of civil society organisations from abroad.