ABSTRACT – Starting from the analysis of the judgment rendered by the General Court in the case WS and others v. Frontex, the paper aims to consider the existence or absence of effective judicial instruments to assert the responsibility of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (Frontex) for human rights violations committed during its operations. The analysis focuses on the reasoning of the decision, attempting to propose alternative interpretative solutions capable of ensuring a form of judicial protection directly against the Agency.