Title	Case of Nur Ahmed and Others v. Ukraine
Publisher	Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights
Publication Date	18 June 2020
Country	Somalia | Ukraine
Topics	Asylum-seekers | Immigration Detention
Citation / Document Symbol	Application no. 42779/12
Cite as	Case of Nur Ahmed and Others v. Ukraine, Application no. 42779/12, Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights, 18 June 2020, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,ECHR,619f9fd24.html [accessed 21 May 2023]
Comments	For these reasons, the court, unanimously: Decides to join the applications; Declares inadmissible: (i) the first and eighth applicants’ complaints that their detention under the domestic court’s detention orders did not comply with Article 5 § 1 of the Convention and (ii) the sixth, seventh and ninth applicants’ complaints that their detention under the domestic court’s detention orders prior to 10 August, 5 November and 22 May 2012 respectively did not comply with Article 5 § 1 of the Convention; Declares the remainder of the applications admissible; Holds that there has been a violation of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention in respect of second to ninth applicants, on account of lack of records of their arrest and detention prior to the issuance of detention orders in respect of them; Holds that there has been a violation of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention in respect of the second to fifth applicants on account of their detention under the domestic court’s detention orders in the absence of a decision ordering their expulsion; Holds that there has been a violation of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention in respect of the sixth applicant on account of his detention from 10 August to 17 October 2012, in respect of the seventh applicant on account of his detention from 5 to 23 November and in respect of the ninth applicant on account of his detention from 22 May to 17 October 2012; Holds that there has been a violation of Article 5 § 4 of the Convention in respect of the first and the sixth to ninth applicants.
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