Vasilescu v Belgium (Application No 64682/12)
Briefed on 30 May 2022
The case concerns structural problems concerning prison overcrowding and poor material conditions of detention and lack of effective remedies.
Submission by the CSSP
Powerpoint by Bart de Temmerman, Member of the Bureau, CSSP, May 2022
Read MoreM.S.S v Belgium and Greece (Appl. No. 30696/09)
Briefed on: 20 February 2017
The M.S.S group of cases concerns the degrading treatment of the applicants (asylum seekers or irregular migrants) on account of their conditions of detention such as overcrowding, insufficient ventilation, lack of regular access to toilets or sanitary facilities, unsuitable food or inadequate allowances for food in various detention facilities. The ECtHR found such a treatment amount to a violation of Article 3 of the Convention (degrading ill-treatment).
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