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CASE OF H.F. AND OTHERS v. FRANCE (no. 24384/19)

Council of Europe (ECtHR)European Court of Human Rights2022
FavorableHigh precedent
Strategic issue

What was at stake

Whether the French authorities’ refusal to allow the applicants, who are French nationals, to return to France violated their right not to be expelled from their own country under Article 3 of Protocol No. 4.

Key holding

What the court decided

The Court declared the remainder of the application inadmissible but found a violation of the prohibition of expulsion of nationals, ordering France to take individual measures to remedy the breach and holding that the finding of a violation was sufficient to address the claim for non‑pecuniary damage.

Issue areas

Categories

refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3article 4 prot 4
Source

Authoritative link

Source of record
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-13789
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