Amnesty International: Following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Wa Baile v Switzerland, Amnesty International Switzerland’s Legal Advisor Alicia Giraudel, said:

“The court’s judgement in the Wa Baile case is an opportunity for the Court to catalyse legal protection from ethnic profiling and racial discrimination by police forces and provide guidance to governments across Europe. International law and standards are very clear. Identity checks and stops and searches can only be carried out where police have a reasonable suspicion of criminality, and discrimination is prohibited. Ethnic profiling violates both international and European human rights treaties.

“It is likely that Wa Baile’s case marks just the tip of a much larger iceberg. The European authorities have repeatedly failed to recognize or combat the longstanding and systemic issue of ethnic profiling.

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