Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts England and Wales High Court

Date: 07/20/2016

Subject: The decision of the England and Wales High Court denied the execution of two European arrest warrants issued by Greek authorities, because of the risk of violation of the rights provided for by articles 3 of the ECHR and 4 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, in consideration of the conditions of the prisons, in which the claimants would be detained, also recalling the jurisprudence of the Courts of Strasbourg and Luxembourg and the reports of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Parties: Gjin Marku v. The Nafplion Court of Appeal, Greece John Murphy v. The Public Prosecutor’s Office to the Athens Court of Appeal, Greece

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 19 Extradition

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