Communicated case against the UK (application no. 30919/20)

Date: 
Friday, November 20, 2020

H.A. v United Kingdom (application no. 30919/20) concerns Mr. H.A, a stateless person of Palestinian origin living in the UK, who was born in the Ein El-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon. Both his application for international protection and subsequent appeals were unsuccessful. 

The applicant complains that he faces a real risk of severe mistreatment by paramilitary groups if he is returned to the Ein El-Hilweh camp in violation of Article 3 ECHR. He complains in particular, that the domestic courts only took pre-flight events into account, while failing to address the merits of his claim of future risk.

The ECtHR first asks the Parties whether there has been a violation of Article 3, taken alone or in conjunction with Article 13, on account of the failure of the domestic courts to examine whether the applicant’s risk of forcible recruitment by extremist groups in the Ein El-Hilweh camp gave rise to a real risk of being subjected to treatment contrary to Article 3 upon return to Lebanon. Secondly, the Court asks whether the applicant would face a real risk of being subjected to treatment contrary to Article 3 if returned to Lebanon.


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Keywords: 
Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
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