Case summaries
ECtHR - Čonka v Belgium, Application no. 51564/99, 5 February 2002
Country of applicant:
Slovakia
Keywords:
Effective access to procedures, Detention, Effective remedy (right to), Individual assessment, Race
The applicants were unlawfully detained and had no effective remedy to challenge their detention. There was a finding that they had been collectively expelled, given the context of their expulsion along with many others of the same nationality, and as their individual circumstances had not been adequately taken into consideration.
Date of decision:
05-02-2002