Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 11/12/2019

Subject: According to the Court, a Member State cannot, among the sanctions that may be imposed on an applicant for serious breaches of the rules of the accommodation centres as well as seriously violent behaviour, provide for a sanction consisting in the withdrawal, even temporary, of material reception conditions, relating to housing, food or clothing, in so far as it would have the effect of depriving the applicant of the possibility of meeting his or her most basic needs. The imposition of other sanctions must, under all circumstances, comply with the principle of proportionality and with the respect for human dignity. In the case of an unaccompanied minor, those sanctions must be determined by taking particular account of the best interests of the child

Parties: Haqbin

Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Freedoms - Art. 18 Refugees - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights

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