B.M. v. Greece
Νομολογία- Δικαστήριο
- ECtHR
- Type of violation
- (Art. 13) Right to an effective remedy
- (Art. 3) Prohibition of torture
- Year of detention
- Unknown (No English version on HUDOC)
- Χρονιά
- 2013
- Τύπος κράτησης
- Police station and various detention centres (specific locations unclear)
- Περίληψη της υπόθεσης
- The applicant, an Iranian national, traveled through Turkey to reach Greece. As a militant journalist who participated in anti-establishment protests, the applicant experienced arrest and torture. Greek authorities denied his asylum claim and detained him at multiple detention facilities pending deportation to Turkey. Officials dismissed his complaints regarding the conditions of his detention. The applicant also appealed against the refusal of his asylum claim but did not appear at the hearing, leading to the suspension of his appeal. Authorities ultimately released the applicant once he reached the maximum time in detention permissible under domestic law. Reports from numerous bodies such as the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, UNHCR, Greek Human Rights Commission and Greek Ombudsman supported the applicant’s claims of inhumane conditions at the detention sites. Moreover, the Greek government did not offer any rebuttal to these findings. With the addition of the lack of an effective remedy to challenge his detention conditions, the Court expressed that there was a violation of Article 3 and Article 13 in conjunction with Article 3, but no violation of Article 5(1).
- Σχετικό κέντρο κράτησης
- Σύνδεση με εξωτερική πηγή
- https://www.asylumlawdatabase.eu/en/content/ecthr-bm-v-greece-application-no-5360811#content
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