Communicated on 26 June 2020
Published on 20 July 2020
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 13302/18
M.R.
against Italy
lodged on 19 March 2018
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applicant, a Tunisian national, reached the Italian coast on board of a rudimentary vessel on the 15 January 2018. On 30 January 2018, he filed an asylum request and was then transferred to the Hotspot of Lampedusa.
On 23 March 2018, upon a request of the Prefecture of Agrigento, the applicant – who suffers from a mental disorder and attempted suicide several times – was transferred in a medical facility. The applicant states that he filed an asylum request, which allegedly remained unregistered.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Has the applicant been subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention, during his stay in the Hotspot of Lampedusa, having regard in particular to the material conditions of his detention (see M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece [GC], no. 30696/09, ECHR 2011 and Tarakhel v. Switzerland [GC], no. 29217/12, ECHR 2014 (extracts))?
2. Did the fact that the applicant’s asylum request allegedly remained unregistered and not dealt with entail a risk for him to be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment in his country of origin, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention?
3. Taking into account the applicant’s mental disorder and his several attempts of suicide, has his stay in the Hotspot of Lampedusa been in violation of Articles 2, 3 and 8 of the Convention?
4. Was the applicant deprived of his liberty in breach of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention (see Khlaifia and Others v. Italy [GC], no. 16483/12, 15 December 2016) during his stay in the Hotspot of Lampedusa?
Was the applicant’s detention ordered “in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law”?
5. Was the applicant informed, in a language which he understood, of the reasons for his detention, as required by Article 5 § 2 of the Convention?
6. Did the applicant have at his disposal an effective procedure by which he could challenge the lawfulness of his detention, as required by Article 5 § 4 of the Convention?
7. Alternatively, should Article 5 considered to be inapplicable to the circumstances of the present case, has there been a restriction on the applicant’s right to liberty of movement, guaranteed by Article 2 § 1 of Protocol no. 4 to the Convention?
8. Did the applicant have at his disposal an effective domestic remedy to raise before the Italian authorities his complaints under Articles 2, 3, 5 §§ 1, 2 and 4 and 8 of the Convention and Article 2 § 1 of Protocol no. 4 to the Convention, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?
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