Tarakhel v Switzerland: ECHR 4 Nov 2014

(Grand Chamber) The applicants alleged mainly that if they were returned to Italy they would be exposed to inhuman and degrading treatment on account of the risk of being left without accommodation or being accommodated in inhuman and degrading conditions. The risk stemmed, in their submission, from the absence of individual guarantees as to how they would be taken charge of, in view of the systemic deficiencies in the reception arrangements for asylum seekers in Italy.

Judges:

Dean Spielmann, P

Citations:

29217/12 – Grand Chamber Judgment, [2014] ECHR 1185, [2014] ECHR 1267, [2014] ECHR 1435

Links:

Bailii, Bailii, Bailii

Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights

Jurisdiction:

Human Rights

Human Rights, Immigration

Updated: 17 June 2022; Ref: scu.538290