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For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,Joins to the merits the Government’s objection as to the first applicant’s victim status regarding her complaint under Article 3 of the Convention and rejects it; Declares the first applicant’s complaints under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention concerning her removal from Ukraine and the alleged lack of effective domestic remedies in that regard admissible and the applicants’ remaining complaints under Articles 3, 5 and 13 inadmissible; Holds that there has been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention; Holds that there is no need to examine the first applicant’s complaint under Article 13 taken in conjunction with Article 3 of the Convention; Holds that the respondent State has failed to comply with its obligation under Article 34 of the Convention

15 September 2022 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Non-refoulement - Rejection at border | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - Ukraine

8 December 2016 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Uzbek | Countries: Kyrgyzstan

26 July 2016 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Uzbek | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - Russian Federation

26 January 2016 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Uzbek | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - Russian Federation

1 December 2015 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Torture - Uzbek | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - Russian Federation

16 April 2015 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Uzbek | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - Russian Federation

26 February 2015 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Physical harm - Right to health - Torture - Uighur | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - Sweden

26 January 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Grounds for persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - United States of America

24 July 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Minorities - Uzbek | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - Russian Federation

17 July 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Effective remedy - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Suspensive effect - Uzbek | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - Russian Federation