FIFTH SECTION
CASE OF R.G. v. SWITZERLAND
(Application no. 30036/22)
 
 
 
 
 
 
JUDGMENT
 
STRASBOURG
23 October 2025
 
 
 
This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of R.G. v. Switzerland,
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:
 María Elósegui, President,
 Gilberto Felici,
 Diana Sârcu, judges,
and Sophie Piquet, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to:
the application (no. 30036/22) against the Swiss Confederation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 14 June 2022 by a Russian national, R.G. (“the applicant”), who was born in 1992, lives in Valzeina and was represented by Ms S. Motz, a lawyer practising in Zürich;
the decision to give notice of the application to the Swiss Government (“the Government”), represented by their Agent ad interim, Mr A. Scheidegger, at the Federal Office of Justice;
the decision not to have the applicant’s name disclosed;
the decision to give priority to the application (Rule 41 of the Rules of Court);
the decision to indicate an interim measure to the respondent Government under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court;
the parties’ observations;
Having deliberated in private on 2 October 2025,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
1. The present case concerns the Swiss authorities’ authorisation of the applicant’s removal to Russia where he allegedly faces a real risk of treatment contrary to Article 3 of the Convention.

Outcome for Article 3: no_violation