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CASE OF S.Z. v. GREECE (no. 66702/13)

Council of Europe (ECtHR)European Court of Human Rights2018
FavorableLow precedent
Strategic issue

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.

Key holding

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.

Issue areas

Categories

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Source

Authoritative link

Source of record
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-183816
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