CASE OF H.Q. AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY (no. 46084/21)
What was at stake
Whether the applicants' removal to Serbia by Hungary would constitute a prohibited collective expulsion and expose them to a real risk of treatment contrary to the absolute prohibition of torture.
What the court decided
The Court dismissed the preliminary objection and held that the applicants' removal to Serbia constituted a collective expulsion prohibited by the prohibition of collective expulsions, that they faced a real risk of torture if expelled, and that they lacked an effective remedy to challenge those measures; the Court ordered Hungary to adopt general measures to prevent future violations and awarded the applicants moral damages.
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