European Court of Human Rights Orders France to Reexamine Repatriation Claims for French ISIS Fighters

On September 14, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that France must re-examine repatriation requests from two French women who travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State.  The Court also condemned France for violating the right to return, a principle which guarantees a right of voluntary return or re-entry to one’s country of origin or citizenship.[1]