CASE OF Z.A. AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA
Hearing: Z.A. and Others v. Russia (nos. 61411/15, 61420/15, 61427/15 and 3028/16) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2018-04-18 00:00:00)
Application no.: 61411/15
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2019-11-21 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2019:1121JUD006141115
Respondent state: RUS
Articles of the Convention: 3;5;5-1;5-1-f;41
Judges: Alena Poláčková;Aleš Pejchal;André Potocki;Angelika Nußberger;Branko Lubarda;Dmitry Dedov;Georgios A. Serghides;Helen Keller;Helena Jäderblom;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Ledi Bianku;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Mārtiņš Mits;Nebojša Vučinić;Paul Lemmens;Robert Spano;Yonko Grozev;Georges Ravarani;Ksenija Turković;Pere Pastor Vilanova
Represented by: DAVIDYAN E. ; TRENINA D. ; ZHARINOV K.
Strasbourg case-law cited: A.A. v. Greece, no. 12186/08, §§ 57-65, 22 July 2010;Abdi Mahamud v. Malta, no. 56796/13, §§ 89-90, 3 May 2016;Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v. the United Kingdom, 28 May 1985, § 67, Series A no. 94;Abdullahi Elmi and Aweys Abubakar v. Malta, nos. 25794/13 and 28151/13, §§ 113-14, 22 November 2016;Abou Amer v. Romania, no. 14521/03, § 39, 24 May 2011;Alimov v. Turkey, no. 14344/13, §§ 84-85, 6 September 2016;Amuur v. France, 25 June 1996, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996 III;Ananyev and Others v. Russia, nos. 42525/07 and 60800/08, §§ 121-23, 10 January 2012;Boudraa v. Turkey, no. 1009/16, §§ 28-29, 28 November 2017;Buzadji v. Moldova [GC], no. 23755/07, §§ 106-10, 5 July 2016;Chahal v. the United Kingdom, 15 November 1996, § 73, Reports 1996 V;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;Dougoz v. Greece, no. 40907/98, § 44, ECHR 2001 II;E.A. v. Greece, no. 74308/10, §§ 50-51, 30 July 2015;El-Masri v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [GC], no. 39630/09, § 230, ECHR 2012;Gahramanov v. Azerbaijan (dec.), no. 26291/06, 15 October 2013;I.I. v. Bulgaria, no. 44082/98, §§ 84-87, 9 June 2005;Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary [GC], no. 47287/15, §§ 244-46, 21 November 2019;Kaja v. Greece, no. 32927/03, §§ 45-46, 27 July 2006;Kanagaratnam v. Belgium, no. 15297/09, §§ 94-95, 13 December 2011;Kasparov v. Russia, no. 53659/07, § 36, 11 October 2016;Khlaifia and Others v. Italy [GC], no. 16483/12, 15 December 2016;Kudła v. Poland [GC], no. 30210/96, § 94, ECHR 2000 XI;Labita v. Italy [GC], no. 26772/95, § 119, ECHR 2000 IV;Longa Yonkeu v. Latvia, no. 57229/09, § 131, 15 November 2011;M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece, [GC], no. 30696/09, §§ 216-18, ECHR 2011;Mahamed Jama v. Malta, no. 10290/13, §§ 86-89, 26 November 2015;Mahdid and Haddar v. Austria (dec.), no. 74762/01, ECHR 2005-XIII (extracts);Mogoş v. Romania (dec.), no. 20420/02, 6 May 2004;Muršić v. Croatia [GC], no. 7334/13, § 128, 20 October 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;Rahimi v. Greece, no. 8687/08, § 62, 5 April 2011;Rashed v. the Czech Republic, no. 298/07, § 70, 27 November 2008;Riad and Idiab v. Belgium, nos. 29787/03 and 29810/03, 24 January 2008;S.D. v. Greece, no. 53541/07, 11 June 2009;S.F. and Others v. Bulgaria, no. 8138/16, §§ 78-83, 7 December 2017;Saadi v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 13229/03, ECHR 2008;Shamsa v. Poland, nos. 45355/99 and 45357/99, 27 November 2003;Shioshvili and Others v. Russia, no. 19356/07, §§ 83-86, 20 December 2016;Suso Musa v. Malta, no. 42337/12, 23 July 2013;Tabesh v. Greece, no. 8256/07, §§ 38-44, 26 November 2009;Venskutė v. Lithuania, no. 10645/08, § 72, 11 December 2012
Conclusion: Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Deprivation of liberty;Article 5-1-f - Prevent unauthorised entry into country);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: FALSE