CASE OF F.G. v. SWEDEN
Hearing: F.G. v. Sweden (no. 43611/11)  (Grand Chamber hearing, 2014-12-03 00:00:00)
Application no.: 43611/11
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2016-03-23 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2016:0323JUD004361111
Respondent state: SWE
Articles of the Convention: 2;3;35;37;37-1;37-1-c;41
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;András Sajó;André Potocki;Angelika Nußberger;Ann Power-Forde;Dean Spielmann;Dmitry Dedov;Elisabeth Steiner;George Nicolaou;Guido Raimondi;Helena Jäderblom;Ineta Ziemele;Josep Casadevall;Julia Laffranque;Krzysztof Wojtyczek;Ledi Bianku;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Mark Villiger;Paul Lemmens;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque;Robert Spano;Vincent A. De Gaetano
Represented by: LOVEDAY D.
Issue: Chapter 12 section 22 of the Aliens Act ; Director General for Legal Affairs at the Swedish Migration Board’s “general legal position” concerning the methodology for assessing the reliability and credibility of applications for international protection (Rättsligt ställningstagande angående metod för prövningen av tillförlitlighet och trovärdighet, RCI 09/2013)

Strasbourg case-law cited: A.A. v. Switzerland, no. 58802/12, § 41, 7 January 2014;A.G. v. Sweden (dec.), no. 22107/08, 6 December 2011;Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v.  the United Kingdom, 28 May 1985, § 67, Series A no. 94;Ali Muradi and Selma Alieva v. Sweden (dec.), no 11243/13, §§ 44-45, 25 June 2013;Al-Jedda v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 27021/08, § 117, ECHR 2011;Andreyev v. Estonia (dec.), no. 42987/09, 22 January 2013;Atayeva and Burman v. Sweden (striking out), no. 17471/11, §§ 19-24, 31 October 2013;Atsaev v. the Czech Republic (dec.), no. 14021/10, 7 July 2015;B.Z. v. Sweden (striking out), no. 74352/11, §§ 17 20, 18 December 2012;Bayatyan v. Armenia [GC], no. 23459/03, § 110, ECHR 2011;Beldjoudi v. France, 26 March 1992, §§ 79 and 86, Series A no. 234-A;Boujlifa v. France, 21 October 1997, § 42, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997 VI;Chahal v. the United Kingdom, 15 November 1996, Reports 1996-V;Collins and Akaziebie v. Sweden (dec.), no. 23944/05, 8 March 2007;Etanji v. France (dec.), no. 60411/00, 1 March 2005;Eweida and Others v. the United Kingdom, nos. 48420/10, 59842/10, 51671/10 and 36516/10, § 81, ECHR 2013;F.H. v. Sweden, no. 32621/06, § 72, 20 January 2009;Giuliani and Gaggio v. Italy [GC], no. 23458/02, §§ 179-80, 24 March 2011;H. v. Norway (dec.), no. 51666/13, 17 February 2015;H.L.R. v. France, 29 April 1997, §41, Reports 1997 III;Hakizimana v. Sweden (dec.), no. 37913/05, 27 March 2008;Hilal v. the United Kingdom, no. 45276/99, § 60, ECHR 2001-II;Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy [GC], no. 27765/09, ECHR 2012;I.A. v. the Netherlands (dec.), no. 76660/12, 27 May 2014;Isman v. Switzerland (dec.), no. 23604/11, 21 January 2014;K.A.B. v. Sweden, no. 886/11, § 67, 5 September 2013;Kaboulov v. Ukraine, no. 41015/04, § 99, 19 November 2009;L.M. and Others v. Russia, nos. 40081/14, 40088/14 and 40127/14, § 108, 15 October 2015;M. and Others v. Bulgaria, no. 41416/08, §§ 105 and 143, 26 July 2011;M.A. v. Sweden (dec.), no. 28361/12, 19 November 2013;M.E. v. Denmark, no. 58363/10, § 51, 8 July 2014;M.E. v. Sweden, no. 71398/12, §§ 32-33, 26 June 2014;M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece [GC], no. 30696/09, ECHR 2011;Mamatkulov and Askarov v. Turkey [GC], nos. 46827/99 and 46951/99, § 67, ECHR 2005-I;Mamazhonov v. Russia, no. 17239/13, §§ 132 133, 23 October 2014;Maslov v. Austria [GC], no. 1638/03, §§ 87-95, ECHR 2008;Mocanu and Others v. Romania [GC], nos. 10865/09, 45886/07 and 32431/08, § 314, ECHR 2014 (extracts);N. v Sweden, no. 23505/09, 20 July 2010;N. v. Finland, no. 38885/02, § 167, 26 July 2005;NA. v. the United Kingdom, no. 25904/07, § 119, 17 July 2008;Nada v. Switzerland [GC], no. 10593/08, § 245, ECHR 2012;Nizamov and Others v. Russia, nos. 22636/13, 24034/13, 24334/13 and 24528/13, § 50, 7 May 2014;Nizomkhon Dzhurayev v. Russia, no. 31890/11, § 113, 3 October 2013;O.G.O. v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 13950/12, 18 February 2014;Othman (Abu Qatada) v. the United Kingdom, no. 8139/09, § 261, ECHR 2012 (extracts);Ouabour v. Belgium, no. 26417/10, § 65, 2 June 2015;P.Z. and Others v. Sweden (striking out), no. 68194/10, §§ 14-17, 18 December 2012;Pellumbi v. France (dec.), no. 65730/01, 18 January 2005;R.C. v. Sweden, no. 41827/07, § 52, 9 March 2010;S.A.S. v. France [GC], no. 43835/11, § 55, 1 July 2014;S.F. and Others v. Sweden, no. 52077/10, 15 May 2012;Saadi v. Italy [GC], no. 37201/06, ECHR 2008;Salah Sheekh v. the Netherlands, no. 1948/04, § 136, 11 January 2007;Sarwari v. Austria (dec.), no. 21662/10, 3 November 2011;Savriddin Dzhurayev v. Russia, no. 71386/10, § 155, ECHR 2013 (extracts);Söderman v. Sweden [GC], no. 5786/08, § 125, ECHR 2013;Sufi and Elmi v. the United Kingdom, nos. 8319/07 and 11449/07, §§ 214-218, 28 June 2011;T.A. v. Sweden, no. 48866/10, § 37, 19 December 2013;Tarakhel v. Switzerland [GC], no. 29217/12, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Tukhtamurodov v. Russia (dec.), no. 21762/14, 20 January 2015;Üner v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 46410/99, § 54, ECHR 2006-XII;Vijayanathan and Pusparajah v. France, 27 August 1992, § 46, Series A no. 241 B;Vilvarajah and Others v. the United Kingdom, 30 October 1991, §§ 107-108, Series A no. 215;X and Others v. Austria [GC], no. 19010/07, § 163, ECHR 2013
External sources: UNCHR handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention on the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees;UNHCR Guidelines on International Protection regarding Religion-Based Refugee Claims;Judgment of the CJEU in Bundesrepublik Deutschland v. Y (C-71/11) and Z (C-99/11)

Conclusion: Remainder inadmissible;No violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Expulsion) (Conditional) (Iran);No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Expulsion) (Conditional) (Iran);Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Expulsion) (Conditional) (Iran);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Expulsion) (Conditional) (Iran);Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: TRUE