Friday, November 27, 2009

European Court of Human Rights

                                        Chamber judgment concerning Greece                26.11.2009

Tabesh v. Greece (no. 8256/07)*
The applicant, Rafk Tabesh, is an Afghan national who was born in 1986. His current place of abode is unknown. Relying on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), he complained about the conditions of his detention pending deportation. Relying in particular on Article 5 (right to liberty and security), he further complained that his placement in detention had been unlawful, the reasoning of the administrative and judicial decisions having been insufficient in this connection, and that when he had been arrested he had been informed of the reasons for his arrest in a language that he had not understood.
Violation of Article 3 (treatment)
Violation of Article 5 §§ 1 and 4
Just satisfaction: EUR 8,000 (non-pecuniary damage) and EUR 3,500 (costs and expenses)

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