CASE OF ILIAS AND AHMED v. HUNGARY
Hearing: Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary (no. 47287/15) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2018-04-18 00:00:00)
Application no.: 47287/15
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2019-11-21 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2019:1121JUD004728715
Respondent state: HUN
Articles of the Convention: 3;5;5-1;5-1-f;5-4;13;35;35-1;35-3-a;41
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;András Sajó;André Potocki;Angelika Nußberger;Dmitry Dedov;Ganna Yudkivska;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Krzysztof Wojtyczek;Ledi Bianku;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Marko Bošnjak;Mārtiņš Mits;Nebojša Vučinić;Nona Tsotsoria;Paul Lemmens;Robert Spano;Vincent A. De Gaetano;Yonko Grozev;Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer;Georges Ravarani;Ksenija Turković
Represented by: POHÁRNOK B.
Issue: Government Decree no. 191/2015. (VII. 21.) on the definition of safe countries of origin and safe third countries
Strasbourg case-law cited: Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v. the United Kingdom, 28 May 1985, § 67, Series A no. 94;Abuyeva and Others v. Russia, no. 27065/05, § 222, 2 December 2010;Al Dulimi and Montana Management Inc. v. Switzerland [GC], no. 5809/08, § 78, 21 June 2016;Allan v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 48539/99, 28 August 2001;Amuur v. France, 25 June 1996, Reports 1996 III;Avotiņš v. Latvia [GC], no. 17502/07, § 105, 23 May 2016;Azinas v. Cyprus [GC], no. 56679/00, § 32, ECHR 2004-III;Babajanov v. Turkey, no. 49867/08, § 43 in fine, 10 May 2016;Bosphorus Hava Yolları Turizm ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi v. Ireland [GC], no. 45036/98, § 157, ECHR 2005-V;Budrevich v. the Czech Republic, no. 65303/10, § 73, 17 October 2013;Buzadji v. Moldova [GC], no. 23755/07, §§ 106-10, 5 July 2016;Chahal v. the United Kingdom, 15 November 1996, § 96, Reports 1996 V;D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 57325/00 § 109, ECHR 2007 IV;De Tommaso v. Italy [GC], no. 43395/09, § 80, 23 February 2017;De Wilde, Ooms and Versyp v. Belgium, 18 June 1971, § 65, Series A, no. 12;F.G. v. Sweden [GC], no. 43611/11, 23 March 2016;Fábián v. Hungary [GC], no. 78117/13, 5 September 2017;Gahramanov v. Azerbaijan (dec.), no. 26291/06, 15 October 2013;Gillberg v. Sweden [GC], no. 41723/06, §§ 53-55, 3 April 2012;Göç v. Turkey [GC], no. 36590/97, §§ 35-37, ECHR 2002-V;Guerra and Others v. Italy, 19 February 1998, § 44, Reports 1998 I;Guzzardi v. Italy, 6 November 1980, § 106, Series A no. 39;H.L.R. v. France, 29 April 1997, § 34, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-III;Herrmann v. Germany [GC], no. 9300/07, § 38, 26 June 2012;Hilal v. the United Kingdom, no. 45276/99, § 60, ECHR 2001-II;Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy [GC], no. 27765/09, § 114, ECHR 2012;I.I. v. Bulgaria, no. 44082/98, §§ 84-87, 9 June 2005;J.R. and Others v. Greece, no. 22696/16, 25 January 2018;K. and T. v. Finland [GC], no. 25702/94, §§ 137-41, ECHR 2001-VII;K.R.S. v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 32733/08, 2 December 2008;Kasparov v. Russia, no. 53659/07, § 36, 11 October 2016;Khlaifia and Others v. Italy [GC], no. 16483/12, 15 December 2016;Kovačić and Others v. Slovenia [GC], nos. 44574/98 and 2 others, § 194, 3 October 2008;Kurić and Others v. Slovenia [GC], no. 26828/06, ECHR 2012 (extracts);Kurt v. Turkey, 25 May 1998, § 123, Reports 1998 III;M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece [GC], no. 30696/09, ECHR 2011;Mahdid and Haddar v. Austria (dec.), no. 74762/01, ECHR 2005-XIII (extracts);Mamatkulov and Askarov v. Turkey [GC], nos. 46827/99 and 46951/99, § 67, ECHR 2005-I;Mogoş v. Romania (dec.), no. 20420/02, 6 May 2004;Mohammadi v. Austria, no. 71932/12, 3 July 2014;Mohammed Hussein and Others v. the Netherlands and Italy (dec.), no. 27725/10, §§ 62-79, 2 April 2013;Murray v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 10511/10, 26 April 2016;Nada v. Switzerland [GC], no. 10593/08, § 225, ECHR 2012;Nolan and K. v. Russia, no. 2512/04, §§ 93-96, 12 February 2009;Osypenko v. Ukraine, no. 4634/04, § 48, 9 November 2010;Paposhvili v. Belgium [GC], no. 41738/10, § 193, 13 December 2016;Perna v. Italy [GC], no. 48898/99, §§ 23-24, ECHR 2003-V;Pisano v. Italy (striking out) [GC], no. 36732/97, § 27, 24 October 2002;Radomilja and Others v. Croatia [GC], nos. 37685/10 and 22768/12, § 114, 20 March 2018;Riad and Idiab v. Belgium, nos. 29787/03 and 29810/03, § 68, 24 January 2008;Sabri Güneş v. Turkey [GC], no. 27396/06, § 44, 29 June 2012;Salah Sheekh v. the Netherlands, no. 1948/04, § 135, 11 January 2007;Shamsa v. Poland, nos. 45355/99 and 45357/99, § 47, 27 November 2003;Sharifi v. Austria, no. 60104/08, 5 December 2013;Sisojeva and Others v. Latvia (striking out) [GC], no. 60654/00, § 61, ECHR 2007-I;Soering v. the United Kingdom, 7 July 1989, §§ 90-91, Series A no. 161;T.I. v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 43844/98, ECHR 2000-III;Tarakhel v. Switzerland [GC], no. 29217/12, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Üner v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 46410/99, § 41, ECHR 2006-XII;Venskutė v. Lithuania, no. 10645/08, § 72, 11 December 2012;Vijayanathan and Pusparajah v. France, 27 August 1992, §§ 43 47, Series A no. 241-B;Vilvarajah and Others v. the United Kingdom, 30 October 1991, § 103, Series A no. 215;Zubac v. Croatia [GC], no. 40160/12, § 56, 5 April 2018
External sources: Articles 38 and 39 of the Asylum Procedures Directive;UNHCR report “Serbia as a Country of Asylum: Observations on the Situation of Asylum-Seekers and Beneficiaries of International Protection in Serbia” prepared in August 2012;“Crossing Boundaries: The new asylum procedure at the border and restrictions to accessing protection in Hungary”, report by the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) prepared on 1 October 2015;Report (SG/Inf(2017)33) of 13 October 2017 of the Ambassador Tomáš Boček, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on migration and refugees, fact-finding mission of June 2017;Serbian Government’s “Decision Determining the List of Safe Countries of Origin and Safe Third Countries”, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, no. 67/2009, applicable in 2015;Criterion “d” of the 2009 Guidelines on human rights protection in the context of accelerated asylum procedures of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, 1 July 2009, section VI;Report to the Hungarian Government on the visit to Hungary carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 21 to 27 October 2015
Conclusion: Preliminary objection allowed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-1) Six-month period;Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-3-a) Ratione materiae;Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Expulsion) (Serbia);No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: TRUE