CASE OF K.J. AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (no. 27584/20)
What was at stake
Whether the applicants' expulsion to North Korea would expose them to a real risk of death or torture, violating their right to life and the prohibition of inhuman treatment, and whether their pre‑expulsion detention in Russia complied with the right to liberty and security.
What the court decided
The Court held that the applicants' planned removal to North Korea would breach their right to life and the prohibition of torture, and that their pre‑removal detention in Russia was unlawful and that they were denied an effective review of its lawfulness, in violation of the right to liberty and security.
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