Asylum-migration nexus / Rescue at sea / Interception at sea

This case concerned the sinking on 20 January 2014 of a fishing boat transporting 27 foreign nationals in the Aegean Sea, off the island of Farmakonisi, resulting in the death of 11 people, including relatives of the applicants. The Court found violations of Article 2 (right to life) and Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment).

7 July 2022 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Rescue at sea / Interception at sea | Countries: Afghanistan - Greece - Palestine, State of - Syrian Arab Republic

See further Committee of Minister (CM) decisions of September 2016 and June 2017 available at: http://hudoc.exec.coe.int/eng?i=CM/Del/Dec(2016)1265/H46-16 ; http://hudoc.exec.coe.int/eng?i=CM/Del/Dec(2017)1288/H46-17E) and Italian authorities submission of Sept. 2017 ( available at: http://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168075968c); the Communication by Italian Government Action plan (https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168091f978 ); and the decision by the Committee of Ministers of 5 March 2020 (available at: https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=09000016809cc879)

21 October 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Effective remedy - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Rescue at sea / Interception at sea | Countries: Afghanistan - Eritrea - Greece - Italy - Sudan