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Relying on Article 2 (right to life) and Article 3 (prohibition on inhuman or degrading treatment), the applicants complain that their expulsion to Syria would put them at grave physical risk. Some of the applicants also complain under Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) that they had no effective domestic remedies in respect of their complaints under Articles 2 and 3 that their detention pending removal was arbitrary and the examination of their complaints against detention orders was not speedy.

14 September 2021 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Effective remedy - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation - Syrian Arab Republic

14 February 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) - Physical harm - Right to life - Security situation | Countries: Russian Federation - Syrian Arab Republic

9 January 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Chechen - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions - Regional instruments - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

26 June 2012 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Corruption - Grounds for persecution - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Right to life - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Russian Federation

19 July 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Chechen - Effective remedy - Military operations - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

5 July 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to liberty and security - Right to life - Security forces | Countries: Russian Federation

21 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Conflict situation - Internal armed conflict - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

21 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

21 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Effective remedy - Right to liberty and security - Right to life - Security forces | Countries: Russian Federation

21 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Effective remedy - Right to liberty and security - Right to life - Security forces | Countries: Russian Federation