CASE OF V.M. AND OTHERS v. BELGIUM (no. 60125/11)
What was at stake
Whether Belgium violated the applicants' rights under the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and whether they had an effective remedy for that breach.
What the court decided
The Court held that Belgium violated the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment but did not violate the right to life. It also found a violation of the applicants' right to an effective remedy for that breach, dismissed the preliminary objection concerning exhaustion of domestic remedies, and awarded the applicants pecuniary damages.
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