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Communicated cases against Greece (Application No. 65275/19), the Netherlands and Italy (App no. 48062/19), Russia (App No. 48352/19), and Sweden (App No. 50449/18)

Date: 
Friday, February 7, 2020
  • W.S v Greece (Application No. 65275/19): The applicant is an unaccompanied child from Afghanistan. He complains that due to his status as a minor and his health conditions that he was subject to inhuman and degrading treatment contrary to Article 3 ECHR. He also complains that the treatment of his asylum request violated his rights under Article 8 (1) ECHR.

Communicated cases: H.A. v Greece (Application No. 59670/19), H.T. v Greece and Germany (Application No. 13337/19), A. A. v Poland (Application No. 47888/19), Poklikayew v Poland (Application No. 1103/16) and Khurram v Hungary (Application No. 37967/18)

Date: 
Friday, January 17, 2020
  • H.A. v Greece (Application No. 59670/19): The applicant, an Ethiopian national, complains that her living conditions on the Samos Island were contrary to Article 3 ECHR. At the time of making an application for international protection the applicant was 7 months pregnant and without adequate shelter.

Jeddi v Italy: Detention pending expulsion did not violate Article 5 § 1

Date: 
Thursday, January 9, 2020

On 9 January 2020, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) published its judgment on administrative detention pending expulsion in the case of Jeddi v Italy (No. 42086/14).

New communicated cases against Russia and Spain

Date: 
Friday, December 13, 2019
  • R.K. and 2 others v Russia (Application No. 41174/19): The applicants, all Syrian nationals failed to leave Russia upon the expiry of their visas and were detained by immigration authorities. They were subsequently issued with expulsion orders to Syria. Two applicants are detained pending expulsion. All of the applicants complain that their return to Syria would expose them to a real risk of death or ill treatment contrary to Articles 2 and 3 ECHR.

New communicated cases against Greece, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Denmark

Date: 
Saturday, December 7, 2019
  • M.M v Greece (Application No.44408/18): The case concerns the detention of an applicant of international protection, a Syrian national, in Section B of Moria Hotspot from 29 August 2018 until 28 September 2018. They complain that the living conditions during and after detention were contrary to Article 3 ECHR.

The Netherlands: Detention order of unaccompanied minor deemed unlawful following improper age assessment

Date: 
Monday, December 2, 2019

On 2 December 2019, the Court of The Hague (the Court) published its judgment on the unlawful detention of an applicant claiming to be an unaccompanied minor following an improper age assessment.

United Kingdom: Supreme Court rules detention pending removal under the Dublin III Regulation unlawful

Date: 
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

On 27 November 2019, the United Kingdom Supreme Court (the Court) published its ruling on Hemmati and Others [2019] UKSC 56 concerning an appeal brought by the Home Office to determine whether the detention pending return of five Iraqi and Afghan nationals was lawful under the Dublin III Regulation.

Z. A and Others v Russia: Confinement to airport transit zone amounts to violation of Article 3 and 5 § 1 ECHR

Date: 
Thursday, November 21, 2019

On 21 November 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) delivered its judgment on a case concerning the lengthy confinement of four men in the transit zone of the Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow.

Ilias and Ahmed v Hungary: Violation of Article 3 due to failure to assess risks upon return but no violation of Article 3 with regard to the conditions in the Röszke border transit zone

Date: 
Thursday, November 21, 2019

 

On 21 November 2019, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (GC) delivered its judgment on the detention in the Röszke transit zone and their subsequent removal to Serbia.

New communicated cases against Greece, Russia, The Netherlands, and Hungary

Date: 
Friday, November 15, 2019
  • M.A v Greece (Application No. 14222/16): The applicant, a Sudanese national, was convicted of a criminal offence in February 2013 and was later granted refugee status in April 2014. The applicant was returned to Greece in October 2015, where he was detained in the Amygdaleza detention centre. In April 2015, the applicant’s refugee status was revoked.

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