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Conka and Others v. Belgium

Conka and Others v. Belgium 251 12 hrcd [ 2001 ] CONKA and OTHERS v. BELGIUM Right to liberty and security Article 5, Section 1, 2 and 4 Right to an effective remedy Article 13 Prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens Protocol No. 4, Article 4 Arrest of applicants with a view to their expulsion after being summoned to complete their asylum requests. Applicants allegedly unable to make use of available remedies. Alleged failure to examine the specific situation of each individual prior to expulsion. On 13 March 2001 a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights declared partially admissible the application in the case of Conka v. Belgium . Summary of the facts The first four applicants are Slovakian nationals of gypsy origin. The fifth applicant is the Ligue des droits de l’homme (Human Rights League), an association. The first four applicants asserted that when the police had taken no action after they had been assaulted in Slovakia, they had fled their country for Belgium, where they had requested political asylum on 12 November 1998 . On 3 March 1999 orders were made declaring their asylum applications inadmissible, refusing them the right to enter Belgium and requiring them to leave the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Rights Case Digest Brill

Conka and Others v. Belgium

Human Rights Case Digest , Volume 12 (3-4): 251 – Jan 1, 2001
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Brill
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© 2001 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0965-934X
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1571-8131
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10.1163/157181301401012708
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251 12 hrcd [ 2001 ] CONKA and OTHERS v. BELGIUM Right to liberty and security Article 5, Section 1, 2 and 4 Right to an effective remedy Article 13 Prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens Protocol No. 4, Article 4 Arrest of applicants with a view to their expulsion after being summoned to complete their asylum requests. Applicants allegedly unable to make use of available remedies. Alleged failure to examine the specific situation of each individual prior to expulsion. On 13 March 2001 a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights declared partially admissible the application in the case of Conka v. Belgium . Summary of the facts The first four applicants are Slovakian nationals of gypsy origin. The fifth applicant is the Ligue des droits de l’homme (Human Rights League), an association. The first four applicants asserted that when the police had taken no action after they had been assaulted in Slovakia, they had fled their country for Belgium, where they had requested political asylum on 12 November 1998 . On 3 March 1999 orders were made declaring their asylum applications inadmissible, refusing them the right to enter Belgium and requiring them to leave the

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Human Rights Case Digest – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2001

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