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CASE OF KHLAIFIA AND OTHERS v. ITALY (no. 16483/12)

Council of Europe (ECtHR)European Court of Human Rights2016
FavorableLow precedent
Strategic issue

What was at stake

Whether Italy's treatment and expulsion of the applicants violated their rights to freedom and security, prohibition of torture, and protection from collective expulsion of aliens

Key holding

What the court decided

The Court found that Italy violated the applicants' rights to freedom and security, their right to be informed of the reasons for arrest, and their right to challenge the lawfulness of their detention, as well as the prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens and the right to an effective remedy, but did not find a violation of the prohibition of torture in all respects.

Issue areas

Categories

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Source

Authoritative link

Source of record
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-10681
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