Frontex’ Responsibility for Human Rights Violations: The CJEU and Certain Aspects of the International Responsibility of International Organisations

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Dr Tamás Molnár, LLM (Brussels), PhD (Budapest) and dr.habil. (Budapest) is a senior legal researcher for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (Vienna), as well as an affiliated researcher at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Law and Governance, and a visiting lecturer on international migration law at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Department of International Relations. The views expressed in his posts are solely those of the author and their content does not necessarily represent the views or the position of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.

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Frontex’ Responsibility for Human Rights Violations: The CJEU and Certain Aspects of the International Responsibility of International Organisations

January 29, 2026

Tamás Molnár

Setting the scene: Frontex, CJEU and the ARIO...and beyond Although the Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations (ARIO) were adopted 15 years ago by the International Law Commission (ILC), international judicial practice interpreting and unpacking the ARIO remains scarce. That the case law of regional courts can contribute to shedding light onto ARIO…

The EU General Court’s Judgment in WS & Others v Frontex: What Could International Law on the Responsibility of International Organizations Offer in Grasping Frontex’ Responsibility?

October 18, 2023

Tamás Molnár

Setting the scene: the facts and the ruling On 6 September 2023, the General Court as the first instance jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down the very first ruling which concerned the non-contractual liability of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) for damages caused to individuals by…

Introduction to the Symposium on ‘the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees: The Twin Peaks?’

February 27, 2019

Kristof Gombeer

Tamás Molnár

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Daniela Vitiello

Editor's note: EJIL:Talk! is happy to announce that starting today, the blog will host a symposium on The UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees: The Twin Peaks?. In their contribution to this series, five members of the ESIL Interest Group on Migration and Refugee Law will engage with overarching and cross-cutting topics in the context of the recently…

The EU General Court’s Judgment in WS & Others v Frontex: What Could International Law on the Responsibility of International Organizations Offer in Grasping Frontex’ Responsibility?

October 18, 2023

Tamás Molnár