ECtHR - Communicated case against Hungary

Date: 
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

W.K. against Hungary (application no. 14442/18): The case concerns the threatened expulsion of a Congolese citizen who claims to be a member of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo. The applicant complains that his removal to the Democratic Republic of Congo would put him at a serious risk of treatment in violation of Article 3 of the Convention.


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Keywords: 
Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment