By order of 13 May 2020, the French government authorized the National Court for Asylum (Cour nationale du droit d’asile, CNDA) to hear all the cases faster and by a single judge (instead of a panel of three). In an ordonnance for provisionary measures, the Council of State partly suspended the order of 13 May 2020 for undermining the fundamental guarantee of collegiality, which asylum-seekers are entitled to.

Author
Inès Giauffret  — Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)

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