Date of the decision: 15 November 2022
Country: Belgium
Article: Rule 39 of the rules of the Court. Interim Measures.
Jurisdiction: European Court of Human Rights
Subject:
On 15 November 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (Chamber of seven judges) decided to indicate an interim measure (Rules 39 of the Rules of the Court) in the case of Msallem and 147 Others v. Belgium (application no. 48987/22 and 147 others).
The case concerns the applicants (adult males), who have applied to the Belgian authorities for international protection and have not been assigned accommodation on account of the alleged
saturation of the network for receiving asylum-seekers in Belgium. The applicants have all obtained a final domestic decision from the Brussels Labour Court ordering the Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum-Seekers (Fedasil) to provide them with accommodation and material assistance in accordance with the Law of 12 January 2007.
The Court decided to enjoin the Belgian State to comply with the orders made by the Brussels Labour Court in respect of each of the applicants and to provide them with accommodation and material assistance to meet their basic needs for the duration of the proceedings before the Court.
The Court would point out that, on 31 October 2022, it applied a measure in a similar case, Camara v. Belgium (application no. 49255/22).
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Jurisdiction:
Council of Europe - European Court of Human Rights
Article 3 - Prohibition of torture or inhuman or degrading treatment
Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life
Subject:
Cruel inhuman and degrading treatment
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