CASE OF M.A. AND OTHERS v. LITHUANIA (no. 59793/17)
What was at stake
Whether the applicants' expulsion to Belarus would expose them to a real risk of treatment contrary to the prohibition of torture and whether they had an effective remedy to challenge that risk.
What the court decided
The Court held that expelling the applicants to Belarus would expose them to a real risk of treatment contrary to Article 3, violating the prohibition of torture, and that the applicants were denied an effective remedy to contest that risk, violating Article 13. It dismissed the claim for pecuniary damages but awarded the applicants non‑pecuniary damages.
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