CASE OF M.V. AND OTHERS v. BELGIUM - [German Translation] summary by the Austrian Institute for Human Rights (ÖIM)

CASE OF M.V. AND OTHERS v. BELGIUM - [German Translation] summary by the Austrian Institute for Human Rights (ÖIM) Application No: 52836/22, 57898/22, 3913/23, 4994/23

Articles: 3, 6, 6-1, 34, 46, 46-2, 41

Respondent state: BEL

Date: 2026-04-09

Conclusion:

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Enforcement proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court); Violation of Article 34 - Individual applications (Article 34 - Hinder the exercise of the right of application); Respondent State to take measures of a general character (Article 46-2 - General measures); Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: A.M. v. France, no 12148/18, § 65, 29 April 2019; B.G. and Others v. France, no 63141/13, § 83, 10 September 2020; Camara v. Belgium, no 49255/22, 18 July 2023; Chahal v. the United Kingdom, 15 November 1996, § 79, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-V; Chapman v. the United Kingdom [GC], no 27238/95, § 99, ECHR 2001 I; Demopoulos and Others v. Turkey (dec.) [GC], nos. 46113/99 and 7 others, §§ 87-88, ECHR 2010; Eldar Hasanov v. Azerbaijan, no 12058/21, 10 October 2024; Khlaifia and Others v. Italy [GC], no 16483/12, 15 December 2016; Konovalchuk v. Ukraine, no 31928/15, 13 October 2016; Kudła v. Poland [GC], no 30210/96, § 146, ECHR 2000 XI; Lekić v. Slovenia [GC], no 36480/07, § 107, 11 December 2018; M.K. and Others v. France, nos. 34349/18 and 2 others, §§ 168-170, 8 December 2022; M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece [GC], no 30696/09, ECHR 2011; Mamatkoulov and Askarov v. Turkey [GC], nos. 46827/99 and 46951/99, ECHR 2005 I; Müslim v. Turkey, no 53566/99, § 85, 26 April 2005; N.D. and N.T. v. Spain [GC], nos. 8675/15 and 8697/15, § 188, 13 February 2020; N.H. and Others v. France, nos. 28820/13 and 2 others, 2 July 2020; Ngegba and Attarzadeh v. Belgium (dec.), nos. 42874/22 and 45607/22, § 19, 14 May 2024; Nicolae Virgiliu Tănase v. Romania [GC], no 41720/13, § 177, 25 June 2019; Saadi v. Italy [GC], no 37201/06, § 127, ECHR 2008; Savran v. Denmark [GC], no 57467/15, § 122, 7 December 2021; Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no 2) [GC], no 14305/17, § 193, 22 December 2020; Shmelev and Others v. Russia (dec.), nos. 41743/17 and 16 others, §§ 123-130, 17 March 2020; Sy v. Italy, no 11791/20, §§ 164-166, 24 January 2022; Szaxon v. Hungary (dec.), no 54421/21, § 44, 21 March 2023; Temporale v. Italy, no 38129/15, § 55, 20 June 2024; Vasilescu v. Belgium, no 64682/12, § 75, 25 November 2014; Venken and Others v. Belgium, nos. 46130/14 and 4 others, § 153, 6 April 2021; Z.A. and Others v. Russia [GC], nos. 61411/15 and 3 others, §§ 187-188, 21 November 2019