ECtHR: Communicated case against the Netherlands (application no. 23048/19)

Date: 
Friday, October 9, 2020

The communicated case of AMA v. the Netherlands (application no. 23048/19) concerns a Bahraini national whose applications for asylum in the Netherlands, based on being a member of a group that is systematically exposed to ill-treatment, were rejected. Upon return, he was arrested, put on trial for allegedly false charges and, ultimately, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Court therefore asks the parties whether (i) the applicant exhausted all effective remedies, whether (ii) he faced a real risk of being subjected to treatment in breach of Article 3 of the Convention when he was expelled to Bahrain, whether (iii) the examination of the applicant’s asylum applications complied with the requirements for such examinations as set out in the Court’s case‑law, and, finally, whether (iv) the applicant had an effective domestic remedy at his disposal for his complaints under Article 3, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?


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Keywords: 
Effective remedy (right to)
Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment