AB and Others v. France

Abstract

Human rights — Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment — Aliens — Detention of family in detention centre — Child accompanying parents — Foreign child — Relevance of illegal immigrant status — Age of child — Length and conditions of confinement — Whether treatment exceeding permissible threshold — Whether violation of Article 3 of European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 in respect of child

Human rights — Right to liberty and security — Whether procedure prescribed by law and lawful — Deprivation of liberty in case of child — Whether detention measure of last resort with no possible alternative — Whether violation of Article 5 of European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 in respect of child