CASE OF S.Z. v. GREECE (no. 66702/13)
What was at stake
Whether Greece violated the applicant's rights under the prohibition of torture and the right to liberty and security by subjecting him to degrading treatment and by detaining him without lawful basis and without an effective judicial review.
What the court decided
The Court held that the applicant was subjected to treatment that breaches the prohibition of torture. It also held that his detention was not lawful and that there was no effective judicial review of its lawfulness, in violation of his right to liberty and security.
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