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Prohibition of access to basic documents of the case file that had been classified as classified resulting in the deportation of a foreigner. Failure to protect the procedural rights of the applicant

7th P - Article 1
14/03/2021 06:34

JUDGMENT Hassine v. Romania 09.03.2021 (app. no. 36328/13) see here SUMMARY Deportation of an alien. Access to critical documents. Procedural guarantees. The case concerned administrative proceedings following which the applicant was expelled from Romania on national-security grounds. The Court held that substantial limitations had been imposed on the applicant’s procedural rights without the need for […]

The long stay of asylum seekers in a transit zone is tantamount to a violation of personal freedom! Living in a high temperature, lack of ventilation and gynecological examinations in the presence of men are humiliating treatment!

Article 3
03/03/2021 18:16

JUDGMENT R.R. and others v. Hungary 02.03.2020 (app. no. 36037/17) see here SUMMARY Detention of a family of asylum seekers in the Röszke transit zone under inappropriate conditions. Regarding the conditions of detention, the Court found a high temperature in the accommodation, lack of ventilation, unsuitable beds for children, lack of access to activities, lack […]

Deportation of a foreigner for committing serious crimes against sexual freedom. Non-violation of the right to respect for family life

Article 8
20/02/2021 09:57

JUDGMENT J.Α. v. Switzerland 22.12.2020 (app. no. 6325/15) see here SUMMARY Deportation of a foreigner who committed serious crimes. Family ties in the host country. Proportionality of intervention. The action concerned the deportation of a Spanish national from Switzerland to Spain. The applicant had resided legally in Switzerland for a number of years, and had […]

Prosecution and conviction of juvenile victims of human trafficking who were forced to work in drug plantations. Violation of the ECHR. First decision for criminal prosecution and conviction of a victim of human trafficking

Article 4
16/02/2021 12:30

JUDGMENT V.C.L. and Α.Ν. v. United Kingdom 16.02.2021 (app. no. 77587/12 and 74603/12) . see here SUMMARY The case concerned two Vietnamese youths who police officers had discovered working on cannabis farms. They were arrested and charged with drugs-related offences, to which they pleaded guilty. Following their conviction they were detained in young offenders’ institutes. […]

Revocation of citizenship and deportation of a father of 4 children after 10 years, because he did not write the names of his brothers in the citizenship application! Violation of the right to respect for his family life

Article 8
13/02/2021 10:54

JUDGMENT Usmanov v. Russia 22.12.2020 (app. no. 43936/18) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a national of Tajikstan’s complaint about decisions to revoke his Russian citizenship and remove him from Russian territory. Mr Usmanov was granted Russian citizenship in 2008, but it was revoked ten years later when the authorities discovered that he had omitted […]

Lack of control over the legality of detention violated the right to personal liberty. Improved detention conditions at border stations

Article 3
12/02/2021 18:57

JUDGMENT Ε.Κ. v. Greece 14.01.2021 (app. no. 73700/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s conditions of detention in the Soufli and Feres border posts, the Attika Sub-Directorate for Aliens (Petrou Ralli) and the Amygdaleza Detention Centre, the lawfulness of his detention, and whether the review of the lawfulness of that detention had been […]

The deportation of the applicants, following repeated criminal convictions in the host country, did not infringe the ECHR.

ECHR Decisions
07/02/2021 19:13

JUDGMENT Munir Johana v. Denmark (app. no. 56803/18) and Khan v. Denmark (no 26957/19) see here and here SUMMARY Deportation and criminal convictions. Deportation of the applicants from Denmark and a six-year ban on their re-entry following repeated convictions for various criminal offenses, despite the fact that they had lived there from a young age. […]

Squatting of a hotel for 3 years for housing refugees. Conviction for violation of property rights and payment of 312,500 euros from Greece!

1st P - Article 1
04/12/2020 17:10

JUDGMENT
Papachela and Amazon S.A. v. Greece 03.12.20 (app. no. 12929/18)
The case concerned the occupation of a hotel for over three years by migrants and a group acting
out of solidarity with them. The hotel belongs to Ms Papachela and to a limited company, of which
she is the sole shareholder.
The applicants complained that the authorities had remained inactive when asked to evict the
squatters, who had remained in the hotel from April 2016 until July 2019, at which point they left
the premises of their own accord. In the meantime, the applicants had lodged a number of
complaints, which were either adjourned or not examined at all. A decision given by a Justice of the
Peace, ordering the eviction and recovery of possession of the hotel, was never enforced. During
that period Ms Papachela was forced to sell her house to cover the debts incurred as a result of the
squatters’ occupation (taxes, water and electricity bills) in order to avoid criminal proceedings.

Deportation before the examination of the legal remedies and despite the judicial suspension of the deportation. Conviction for ineffective appeal and for the procedural part of Article 3 of the ECHR

Article 13
08/11/2020 10:38

Deportation of the applicant to Sudan by the Belgian authorities despite the existence of a court order ordering the temporary suspension of the measure and despite the pending request of the court to release him.

Deportation of alliens who were tried without knowing the accusation and without access to the case file. Violation for non-observance of procedural guarantees in the deportation of foreigners

7th P - Article 1
29/10/2020 08:06

JUDGMENT Muhammad and Muhammad v. Romania 15.10.2020 (app. no. 80982/12) see here SUMMARY The case concerned proceedings as a result of which the applicants, Pakistani nationals living lawfully in Romania, were declared undesirable and deported. The Court found that the applicants had received only very general information about the legal characterisation of the accusations against […]

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