Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of R.A. and Others v. Poland (Appl. No. 42120/21) before the European Court of Human Rights

In this submission, UNHCR outlines the domestic legislative framework and practice in Poland concerning the treatment of asylum-seekers at its border with Belarus (Part 2). The submission then provides UNHCR’s interpretation of the relevant principles of international and European law governing this situation (Part 3), before outlining its position on Afghanistan (Part 4).