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AFFAIRE O.D. c. BULGARIE (Requête no 34016/18)
The Court held that "- that O.D.’s removal to Syria would amount to a violation of Article 2 (right to life) and Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights - that there had been a violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy), read in conjunction with Articles 2 and 3. The Court found, in particular, that in view of the overall situation in Syria and the individual risk faced by the applicant it could not be established that he could safely return to Syria. The Court also found that the applicant had not had access to an effective remedy, noting that his request for a stay of execution of the expulsion order had been rejected on the grounds that he posed a threat to national security, and that the proceedings relating to the application for refugee status or humanitarian status had not been aimed at reviewing the lawfulness of the expulsion order or its effects in relation to the complaints concerning the right to life and the right not to be subjected to ill-treatment. ..." 10 October 2019 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Bulgaria - Syrian Arab Republic |
H.A. et autres c. Grece (application no. 19951/16)
The case concerns the arrest of the applicants, nine unaccompanied minors, and their placement in different police stations in northern Greece and in the Diavata centre. The Court found violations of articles 3 on the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment (no violation on living conditions), violation of article 13 on the right to an effective remedy and a violation of article 5 (1) and (4) on the right to liberty and security, right to a speedy decision on the lawfulness of a detention measure. 28 February 2019 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Greece - Iraq - Morocco - Syrian Arab Republic |
Syria: Tens of thousands of disappeared must not be forgotten
30 August 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News |
Syria: Talks Should Address 'Disappeared'
30 August 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News |
Syria: Talks Should Address 'Disappeared'
30 August 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News |
Lebanon: Deaths, Alleged Torture of Syrians in Army Custody
20 July 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News |
Case of S.K v. Russia
14 February 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) - Physical harm - Right to life - Security situation | Countries: Russian Federation - Syrian Arab Republic |
Communications, cases examined, observations and other activities conducted by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
1 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Sessional Reports |
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 30 September 2016
6 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations |
'It Breaks the Human': Torture, Disease and Death in Syria's Prisons
18 August 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country Reports |