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CASE OF ILIAS AND AHMED v. HUNGARY (Application no. 47287/15) (Grand Chamber)
The Court found in particular that the Hungarian authorities had failed in their duty under Article 3 to assess the risks of the applicants not having proper access to asylum proceedings in Serbia or being subjected to chain-refoulement, which could have seen them being sent to Greece, where conditions in refugee camps had already been found to be in violation of Article 3. In a development of its case-law, it held that Article 5 was not applicable to the applicants’ case as there had been no de facto deprivation of liberty in the transit zone. Among other things, the Court found that the applicants had entered the transit zone of their own initiative and it had been possible in practice for them to return to Serbia, where they had not faced any danger to their life or health. Their fears of a lack of access to Serbia’s asylum system or of refoulement to Greece, as expressed under Article 3, had not been enough to make their stay in the transit zone involuntary. 21 November 2019 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Rejection at border - Right to liberty and security - Safe third country - Transit | Countries: Bangladesh - Greece - Hungary - North Macedonia - Serbia - Türkiye |
Amnesty International Report 2017/18 - Bangladesh
22 February 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Annual Reports |
Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary (Application No. 47287/15) before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights
8 January 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae |
Bangladesh: Mass Death Sentences Confirmed
28 November 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News |
UN rights experts urge Member States to 'go beyond statements,' take action to help Rohingya
26 September 2017 | Publisher: UN News Service | Document type: Country News |
Bangladesh: Human Rights Committee Concluding
observations on the initial country report
30 March 2017 | Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture | Document type: Country Reports |
Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary
This case was referred to the Grand Chamber, see UNHCR's submission of 8 January 2018 and the final decision of 21 November 2019, including the partly dissenting opinion of Judge Bianku, joined by Judge Vučinić. 14 March 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): Appeal / Right to appeal - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions - Refoulement - Right to liberty and security - Safe third country | Countries: Bangladesh - Hungary |
Report of OHCHR mission to Bangladesh: Interviews with Rohingyas fleeing from Myanmar since 9 October 2016
3 February 2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports |
Bangladesh: Odhikar Annual Human Rights Report 2016
January 2017 | Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture | Document type: Annual Reports |
Bangladesh: End Arbitrary and Secret Arrests
12 October 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News |