Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 01/11/2007

Subject: The applicant complained that his expulsion would expose him to a real risk of being subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment, having regard to his personal situation of belonging to a minority in the light of the general human rights situation in Somalia. He also complained that he did not have an effective remedy in that the Netherlands authorities refused to suspend his expulsion pending a decision on his objection against the manner of his expulsion.

Parties: Salah Sheekh c/ Paesi Bassi

Classification: Art. 4 Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Art. 19 Prohibition of collective expulsions