COMAN AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY - 49006/18 (Judgment : Article 3 - Prohibition of torture : First Section Committee)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

��������� Krzysztof Wojtyczek , President , ��������� Lətif H�seynov, ��������� Erik Wennerstr�m , judges , and Liv Tigerstedt, Deputy Section Registrar,

the applications against Hungary lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by the applicants listed in the appended table, (�the applicants�), on the various dates indicated therein;

the decision to give notice of the applications to the Hungarian Government (�the Government�) represented by their Agent, Mr Z. Tall�di, of the Ministry of Justice;

1.   The cases concern the applicants� sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of release on parole. The applicants� details are set out in the appendix. They complained that their sentences constituted inhuman and degrading punishment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention.