This case concerned the sinking on 20 January 2014 of a fishing boat transporting 27 foreign nationals in the Aegean Sea, off the island of Farmakonisi, resulting in the death of 11 people, including relatives of the applicants. The Court found violations of Article 2 (right to life) and Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment).
See further Committee of Minister (CM) decisions of September 2016 and June 2017 available at: http://hudoc.exec.coe.int/eng?i=CM/Del/Dec(2016)1265/H46-16 ; http://hudoc.exec.coe.int/eng?i=CM/Del/Dec(2017)1288/H46-17E) and Italian authorities submission of Sept. 2017 ( available at: http://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168075968c); the Communication by Italian Government Action plan (https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168091f978 ); and the decision by the Committee of Ministers of 5 March 2020 (available at: https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=09000016809cc879)
Application made by summons for an interlocutory injunction restraining the defendants or any officer, servant or agent of the defendants from detaining the plaintiff and/or for an order that the plaintiff be released from detention.