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- Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2026favorable
CASE OF D.M. v. SWEDEN (no. 32694/23)
Whether the applicant's expulsion to Afghanistan would expose him to a real risk of treatment contrary to the prohibition of torture under Article 3.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3 - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2026favorable
CASE OF J.B. v. GREECE (no. 54796/16)
Whether the applicant's expulsion from Greece would expose him to a real risk of treatment contrary to the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment under Article 3.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3 - European Court of Human Rights· 2026· European Court of Human Rightsfavorable
J.B. v. Greece
Whether the applicant's expulsion from Greece would expose him to a real risk of treatment contrary to the prohibition of torture.
human-rightstortureeffective-remedy - European Court of Human Rights· 2026· European Court of Human Rightsfavorable
CASE OF KOVALENKO v. UKRAINE
Whether the applicant was subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment and whether the authorities conducted an effective investigation, contrary to the prohibition of torture.
Admissibility criteriaRatione personaeViolation of Article 35 - Australia (National)· 2026· Productivity CommissionfavorableHigh precedentstatistics
Productivity Commission ROGS 2026 — Youth Justice Cost Analysis
Cost comparison: detention vs community supervision
cost-analysisdetention-costsrogsvalue-for-money - European Court of Human Rights· 2026· European Court of Human Rightsfavorable
B.M. v. Switzerland
Whether the applicant’s detention after conviction was lawful and whether the applicant received an effective judicial review of that detention under the right to liberty and security.
Admissibility criteriaExhaustion of domestic remedies - European Court of Human Rights· 2026· European Court of Human Rightsfavorable
CASE OF PETRIGNANI AND OTHERS v. ITALY
Whether the applicants' criminal convictions and the subsequent confiscation of their property breached the principle of no punishment without law and the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions.
No violation of Article 7Violation of Article 7 - ACT, Australia· 2025· ACT Legislative AssemblyfavorableHigh precedentlegislative reform
ACT Raises Age of Criminal Responsibility to 14
First Australian jurisdiction to raise minimum age to 14 (July 2025). Evidence from health, neuroscience, and human rights.
age-of-responsibilityyouth-justice - Australia (National)· 2025· Productivity CommissionfavorableHigh precedentstatistical report
ROGS Youth Justice - Productivity Commission Annual
Annual national benchmarking: $644M nationally, 66% detention vs 30% community. 734 children detained. Indigenous 23x overrepresented.
datafundingyouth-justice - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2025favorable
CASE OF KUNSHUGAROV v. TÜRKİYE (no. 60811/15)
Whether Turkey's extradition of the applicant to a country where he faced a real risk of torture and the conditions of his detention violated the prohibition of torture and the right to liberty.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3 - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2025favorable
CASE OF A.B. AND Y.W. v. MALTA (no. 2559/23)
Whether the applicants’ removal to China would expose them to a real risk of treatment prohibited by Article 3 (the absolute prohibition of torture).
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3 - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2024favorable
CASE OF H.T. v. GERMANY AND GREECE (no. 13337/19)
Whether the applicant's treatment and expulsion would expose him to a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment, thus violating the prohibition of torture
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3 - Tasmania, Australia· 2024· Commission of InquiryfavorableHigh precedentinquiry
Commission of Inquiry into Tasmania's Government Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2024)
Decades of abuse at Ashley Youth Detention Centre
ashleychild-abuseinstitutional-failuretasmania - Victoria, Australia· 2024· Victorian ParliamentfavorableHigh precedentlegislation
Victorian Youth Justice Bill 2024
Raising minimum age to 12 then 14
dual-trackraise-the-agereformvictoria - New South Wales, Australia· 2024· NSW Department of Communities and Justicefavorable
NSW Youth Justice Blueprint (2024)
State-wide youth justice reform strategy
blueprintnswreformtherapeutic - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2024favorable
CASE OF M.H. AND S.B. v. HUNGARY (no. 10940/17)
Whether the applicants' arrest and detention were lawful under the right to liberty and security.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulement - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2024favorable
CASE OF K.J. AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (no. 27584/20)
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.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3 - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2024favorable
CASE OF M.D. AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY (no. 60778/19)
Whether the applicants' removal by Hungarian authorities constituted a collective expulsion of aliens in breach of the prohibition under Article 4 of Protocol No. 4
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 4 prot 4 - Australia (National)· 2024favorableHigh precedent
Tasmania Ashley Youth Detention Centre Closure 2024
abuse-responseclosuretasmaniatherapeutic-replacement - Australia (National)· 2024· AIHWfavorablestatistical report
AIHW Youth Justice in Australia Annual Report
Annual statistical report: 4,300+ young people in youth justice on any given day. Aboriginal children 14x more likely under supervision. 85% male.
dataindigenous-rightsyouth-justice