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CASE OF NABIL AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY (no. 62116/12)

Council of Europe (ECtHR)European Court of Human Rights2015
FavorableLow precedent
Strategic issue

What was at stake

Whether the applicants' detention pending expulsion and the subsequent expulsion by the Hungarian authorities were compatible with the right to liberty and security.

Key holding

What the court decided

The Court held that the applicants' detention and expulsion breached the right to liberty and security, finding a violation of that right. It also awarded the applicants an equitable satisfaction for the moral damage they suffered.

Issue areas

Categories

refugeeasylumnon-refoulement
Source

Authoritative link

Source of record
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-157506
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