This case concerned two asylum-seeking minors detained in the Hungarian transit zone, one of whom had been wrongly treated as an adult. They complained before the Court of violations of the European Convention on Human Rights, arguing: a) that their detention lacked legal basis and that they had no effective remedy to challenge it; b) that their treatment, particularly in view of their age and vulnerability, amounted to inhuman or degrading treatment; c) that the age assessment procedure violated their right to private life. The Court found that: a) the applicants’ detention was a deprivation of liberty without formal decision of legal relevance nor appropriate judicial review, in violation of Article 5(1,4); and b) the detention of the minor applicant in such conditions violated Article 3. The Court awarded just satisfaction.
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