Title	H.A. et autres c. Grece (application no. 19951/16)
Publisher	Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights
Publication Date	28 February 2019
Country	Greece | Iraq | Morocco | Syrian Arab Republic
Topics	Effective remedy | Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Prison or detention conditions | Right to liberty and security | Unaccompanied / Separated children
Other Languages / Attachments	Press release
Related Document(s)	Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of H.A. and Others v. Greece (Appl. No. 19951/16) before the European Court of Human Rights
Cite as	H.A. et autres c. Grece (application no. 19951/16), Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights, 28 February 2019, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,ECHR,5c780a0d7.html [accessed 2 October 2022]
Comments	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.
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