Back to explore
Justice Matrix · Case profile

CASE OF Y AND OTHERS v. SWITZERLAND (no. 9577/21)

Council of Europe (ECtHR)2024
AdverseLow precedent
Strategic issue

What was at stake

Whether the applicants' expulsion to Albania would expose them to a real risk of treatment contrary to the right to life under Article 2 and the prohibition of torture under Article 3.

Key holding

What the court decided

The Court held that the applicants' expulsion to Albania would not expose them to a real risk of treatment contrary to the right to life under Article 2 or to the prohibition of torture under Article 3, and therefore found no violation of either article.

Issue areas

Categories

refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3
Source

Authoritative link

Source of record
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-237437
Disclaimer and licence

This is a research and reference resource, not legal advice. Summaries are prepared from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always read the original judgment or document and consult a qualified lawyer in the relevant jurisdiction before acting.

Narrative summaries on this page are licensed CC BY-NC 4.0. Reuse them with attribution to JusticeHub for non-commercial purposes. Original judgments and source documents remain under their own terms; follow the authoritative link for the source of record.