CASE OF Y.K. v. CROATIA (no. 38776/21)
What was at stake
Whether the applicant’s removal to North Macedonia would expose him to a real risk of treatment contrary to the prohibition of torture, and whether the domestic system provided an effective remedy for that risk.
What the court decided
The Court held that the applicant’s expulsion would breach the prohibition of torture, constituting a violation, and that the authorities failed to provide an effective remedy for that breach, also a violation. It awarded the applicant moral damages.
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