Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 11/04/2014

Subject: Grand Chamber judgment according to which the return to Italy of an Afghan couple under the Dublin Regulation, without having the Swiss authorities first obtained individual guarantees that the applicants would be taken charge of in a manner adapted to the age of the children is in breach of the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatments, in view of the current situation regarding the reception system in Italy

Parties: Tarakhel c. Svizzera

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments