Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 04/24/2018

Subject: The Court affirmed that a person who has in the past been tortured in his country of origin is eligible for ‘subsidiary protection’ if he faces a real risk of being intentionally deprived, in that country, of appropriate physical and psychological health care. Returning such a person to his country of origin may also breach the European Convention on Human Rights

Parties: MP (Protection subsidiaire d'une victime de tortures passées)

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Freedoms - Art. 18 Refugees

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