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ECtHR- Mahmundi and others v. Greece, 14902/10, 24 October 2012
Country of applicant: Afghanistan

The case examined the allegations of five Afghan nationals that their detention conditions in Pagani detention centre were in violation of Article 3 of the Convention, that they did not have access to an effective remedy (Article 13) and that they were deprived of their liberty and security as well as of their right to have the lawfulness of their detention decided speedily by a Court (Article 5 para 4). 

Date of decision: 24-10-2012
ECtHR - Hendrin Ali Said and Aras Ali Said v. Hungary, Application No. 13457/11
Country of applicant: Iraq

The case concerned complaints under Article 5 § 1 by asylum

seekers staying at the Debrecen Reception Centre for Refugees (Hungary) about the unlawfulness of their detention – without effective judicial review – pending the outcome of their asylum claims.

Date of decision: 23-10-2012
ECtHR - Al-Tayyar Abdelhakim v. Hungary, Application No. 13058/11
Country of applicant: Lebanon, Palestinian Territory

The case concerns an asylum seeker’s complaint under Article 5(1) about the unlawfulness of his detention without effective judicial review, pending the outcome of his asylum claim.

Date of decision: 23-10-2012
ECtHR- Labsi v. Slovakia, Application no. 33809/08, 24 September 2012
Country of applicant: Algeria

The European Court of Human Rights held that the expulsion of an Algerian national from Slovakia to Algeria, in contempt of an interim measure issued by the Court, was in violation of Articles 3, 13 and 34 of the Convention.

Date of decision: 24-09-2012
Netherlands - ABRvS, 25 June 2012, 201103520/1/V3
Country of applicant: Bosnia and Herzegovina

An asylum application within the meaning of the Asylum Procedures Directive, Article 2, introductory paragraph and Article 2(b), has been made if a foreigner notifies the authorities that he would like to apply for asylum. The provision of the Foreigners Act under which a foreigner who has been declared undesirable has no right to remain is in breach of Article 7 of the Asylum Procedures Directive.

Date of decision: 25-06-2012
Netherlands - Council of State, 22 May 2012, 201106665/1/V4
Keywords: Detention

If access is denied at the border, the foreigner may in principle be detained (after an asylum application is made at the border), if detention 'proves necessary' within the meaning of Article 7(3) of the Reception Conditions Directive.

Date of decision: 22-05-2012
ECtHR - Lokpo and Touré v. Hungary, Application No. 10816/10
Country of applicant: Ivory Coast

The case concerns the unlawfulness of detention in Hungary of two Ivorian nationals pending the asylum proceedings.

Date of decision: 08-03-2012
ECtHR - M.S. v. Belgium, No. 50012/08, 31 January 2012
Country of applicant: Iraq

The case concerns the extension of periods of detention while awaiting removal from Belgian territory with respect to an Iraqi citizen having served his sentence and having submitted a number of asylum applications in Belgium.

Date of decision: 31-01-2012
ECtHR - Popov v France, Application Nos. 39472/07 and 39474/07
Country of applicant: Kazakhstan

The case concerned the administrative detention of a family for two weeks at the Rouen-Oissel centre in France pending their removal to Kazakhstan.

Date of decision: 19-01-2012
ECtHR - Auad v. Bulgaria, Application No. 46390/10
Country of applicant: Lebanon, Palestinian Territory

The case concerned the proposed expulsion of the Applicant to Lebanon. He argued that it would expose him to a risk of ill‑treatment or death, that he did not have an effective remedy in respect of his claim in that regard, and that his detention pending deportation had been too lengthy and unjustified.

Date of decision: 11-01-2012