CASE OF KHASANOV AND RAKHMANOV v. RUSSIA
Hearing: Khasanov and Rakhmanov v. Russia (nos. 28492/15 and 49975/15) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2021-01-20 00:00:00)
Application no.: 49975/15
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2022-04-29 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2022:0429JUD002849215
Respondent state: RUS
Articles of the Convention: 3
Judges: Alena Poláčková;Aleš Pejchal;Carlo Ranzoni;Dmitry Dedov;Ganna Yudkivska;Helen Keller;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Paul Lemmens;Pauliine Koskelo;Robert Spano;Síofra O'Leary;Yonko Grozev;Ksenija Turković;María Elósegui;Tim Eicke
Represented by: YERMOLAYEVA N. ; ZHARINOV K. ; TRENINA D. ; DAVIDYAN E.
Strasbourg case-law cited: A. v. Switzerland, no. 60342/16, 19 December 2017;A.M. v. France, no. 12148/18, §§ 120-26, 29 April 2019;A.S. v. France, no. 46240/15, 19 April 2018;A.S.N. and Others v. the Netherlands, nos. 68377/17 and 530/18, 25 February 2020;Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v. the United Kingdom, 28 May 1985, § 67, Series A no. 94;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;Dzhaksybergenov v. Ukraine, no. 12343/10, 10 February 2011;F.G. v. Sweden [GC], no. 43611/11, 23 March 2016;Gayratbek Saliyev v. Russia, no. 39093/13, 17 April 2014;Giuliani and Gaggio v. Italy [GC], no. 23458/02, §§ 179-80, ECHR 2011;H.L.R. v. France, 29 April 1997, § 37, Reports 1997 III;Hilal v. the United Kingdom, no. 45276/99, § 60, ECHR 2001 II;Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy [GC], no. 27765/09, ECHR 2012;J.K. and Others v. Sweden [GC], no. 59166/12, §§ 103-05, 23 August 2016;Kadirzhanov and Mamashev v. Russia, no. 42351/13, 17 July 2014;Khamrakulov v. Russia, no. 68894/13, 16 April 2015;M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece [GC], no. 30696/09, §§ 286 87, ECHR 2011;Makhmudzhan Ergashev v. Russia, no. 49747/11, 16 October 2012;Mamadaliyev v. Russia, no. 5614/13, 24 July 2014;Maslov v. Austria [GC], no. 1638/03, §§ 87-95, ECHR 2008;N. v. Finland, no. 38885/02, § 167, 26 July 2005;NA. v. the United Kingdom, no. 25904/07, 17 July 2008;Nabid Abdullayev v. Russia, no. 8474/14, 15 October 2015;Nizomkhon Dzhurayev v. Russia, no. 31890/11, 3 October 2013;Othman (Abu Qatada) v. the United Kingdom, no. 8139/09, § 192, ECHR 2012;R. v. Russia, no. 11916/15, 26 January 2016;R.C. v. Sweden, no. 41827/07, § 52, 9 March 2010;Saadi v. Italy [GC], no. 37201/06, ECHR 2008;Said v. the Netherlands, no. 2345/02, § 49, ECHR 2005 VI;Salah Sheekh v. the Netherlands, no. 1948/04, 11 January 2007;Savriddin Dzhurayev v. Russia, no. 71386/10, §§ 70-75, ECHR 2013;Shamayev and Others v. Georgia and Russia, no. 36378/02, § 337, ECHR 2005 III;Sufi and Elmi v. the United Kingdom, nos. 8319/07 and 11449/07, 28 June 2011;Tadzhibayev v. Russia, no. 17724/14, 1 December 2015;Turgunov v. Russia, no. 15590/14, 22 October 2015;Üner v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 46410/99, § 54, ECHR 2006-XII;Vilvarajah and Others v. the United Kingdom, 30 October 1991, §§ 107-08, Series A no. 215;X v. Sweden, no. 36417/16, §§ 26-31, 52, 9 January 2018
External sources: Concluding observations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee of 23 April 2014 on the second periodic report of Kyrgyzstan;Third periodic report by Kyrgyzstan under Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights received by the United Nations Human Rights Committee on 25 February 2020;Amnesty International 2019 report on “Human Rights in Eastern Europe and Central Asia”;Human Rights Watch “World Report 2020”;Freedom House “Freedom in the World” 2020 report;Submission of the Coalition Against Torture in Kyrgyzstan to the 35th Session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group in July 2019;Submission of the OPZO Spravedlivost Jalal-Abad Human Rights Organization to the third cycle of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR )on Kyrgyzstan considered on 20 January 2020;2019 Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy of the European Union - country update on Kyrgyzstan;Report of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, following visit to Kyrgyzstan on 11-22 September 2018 (CAT/OP/KGZ/2);Report of April 2020 of Bir Duino- Kyrgyzstan
Conclusion: No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Extradition) (Conditional) (Kyrgyzstan)
Separate opinion: FALSE