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CASE OF M.L. AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (no. 25079/19)

Council of Europe (ECtHR)European Court of Human Rights2021
FavorableLow precedent
Strategic issue

What was at stake

Whether the applicants' pre‑expulsion detention was lawful and whether they had an adequate mechanism to challenge its lawfulness under the right to liberty and security.

Key holding

What the court decided

The Court held that the applicants' pre‑expulsion detention lacked a lawful basis, violating the right to liberty and security. It also found that the applicants were denied an effective judicial review of the lawfulness of their detention, constituting a further violation of that right.

Issue areas

Categories

refugeeasylumnon-refoulement
Source

Authoritative link

Source of record
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-209195
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