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CASE OF W.A. AND OTHERS v. ITALY (no. 18787/17)

Council of Europe (ECtHR)2023
AdverseLow precedent
Strategic issue

What was at stake

Whether the proposed expulsion of the applicants to Sudan would expose them to a real risk of treatment prohibited by Article 3 (the prohibition of torture).

Key holding

What the court decided

The Court declared the remainder of the application inadmissible as manifestly ill‑founded and, on the merits, held that the applicants’ expulsion to Sudan would not violate the prohibition of torture under Article 3.

Issue areas

Categories

refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3
Source

Authoritative link

Source of record
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-228835
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