Title	CASE OF S.A. v. THE NETHERLANDS (Application no. 49773/15)
Publisher	Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights
Publication Date	2 June 2020
Country	Netherlands | Sudan
Topics	Effective remedy | Expulsion | Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Racial / Ethnic persecution | Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness
Cite as	CASE OF S.A. v. THE NETHERLANDS (Application no. 49773/15), Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights, 2 June 2020, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,ECHR,5ede024c4.html [accessed 21 May 2023]
Comments	Relying on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy), the applicant complained that if removed to Sudan he would be at risk of forced recruitment, persecution because he belonged to a non-Arab ethnic group from Darfur, and more generally, on account of the humanitarian situation in Sudan as a result of the conflict in Darfur. No violation of Article 3 – in the event of the applicant’s removal to Sudan No violation of Article 13 taken together with Article 3
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