Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
N.D. from Mali and N.T. from Ivory Coast were supported by ECCHR to demand their right to have rights after a violent pushback from Spain to Morocco. This documentary tells their story and follows their legal struggle right up to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.
You can watch the full film here: netflix.com/title/81506554
Learn more about the case: https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/nd-and-nt-v-spain/
“A case that puts Europe’s core values and the future of rights throughout the continent to the test.” – Simon Casal (film director).
Late one night a group left behind their makeshift camp on Mount Gourougou in Morocco and headed towards the border fence structure in Melilla to enter Spain. It was August 13, 2014 and among the group were N.D. from Mali and N.T. from the Ivory Coast. As soon as they climbed up onto the border fences, they were stopped by the Spanish Guardia Civil and violently pushed back to Morocco – without access to any legal procedures or protection.
“I cannot accept that humans can treat humans like that. What I would like to see from this Court is that justice exists – even for those who are poor, vulnerable and do not have a voice.” – N.D.
The film, “The Gourougou Trial”, is a compelling and disturbing portrayal of N.D and N.T.‘s story as they challenge their pushback in front of the European Court of Human Rights, with the support of ECCHR. The film follows the twists and turns of this legal struggle, documenting the proceedings in the Strasbourg courtroom and deconstructing the much-criticised judgment. After a first positive decision in 2017, the Court’s Grand Chamber then found Spain’s pushback practice had not violated the human rights of N.D. and N.T. in a final judgment in February 2020 which dismissed their complaint.
A film by Mikel Konaté, Maribel Izcue, Simón Casal, Santi Palacios.
Directed by Simón Casal, Santi Palacios
A production by Orillamar Filmes
Supported by Bertha Foundation
N.D. from Mali and N.T. from Ivory Coast were supported by ECCHR to demand their right to have rights after a violent pushback from Spain to Morocco. This documentary tells their story and follows their legal struggle right up to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.
You can watch the full film here: netflix.com/title/81506554
Learn more about the case: https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/nd-and-nt-v-spain/
“A case that puts Europe’s core values and the future of rights throughout the continent to the test.” – Simon Casal (film director).
Late one night a group left behind their makeshift camp on Mount Gourougou in Morocco and headed towards the border fence structure in Melilla to enter Spain. It was August 13, 2014 and among the group were N.D. from Mali and N.T. from the Ivory Coast. As soon as they climbed up onto the border fences, they were stopped by the Spanish Guardia Civil and violently pushed back to Morocco – without access to any legal procedures or protection.
“I cannot accept that humans can treat humans like that. What I would like to see from this Court is that justice exists – even for those who are poor, vulnerable and do not have a voice.” – N.D.
The film, “The Gourougou Trial”, is a compelling and disturbing portrayal of N.D and N.T.‘s story as they challenge their pushback in front of the European Court of Human Rights, with the support of ECCHR. The film follows the twists and turns of this legal struggle, documenting the proceedings in the Strasbourg courtroom and deconstructing the much-criticised judgment. After a first positive decision in 2017, the Court’s Grand Chamber then found Spain’s pushback practice had not violated the human rights of N.D. and N.T. in a final judgment in February 2020 which dismissed their complaint.
A film by Mikel Konaté, Maribel Izcue, Simón Casal, Santi Palacios.
Directed by Simón Casal, Santi Palacios
A production by Orillamar Filmes
Supported by Bertha Foundation
