H.L. v. HUNGARY - 37641/19 (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture : Fifth Section Committee)

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

Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström , President , Lado Chanturia, Kateřina Šimáčková , judges , and Sophie Piquet, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 37641/19 ) against Hungary lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") on 16 July 2019 by an Iraqi national, H.L. ("the applicant"), who was born in 1999, lives in Aflenz and was represented by Mr R. Miskolczi, a lawyer practising in Nyíregyháza;

the decision to give notice of the application to the Hungarian Government ("the Government"), represented by their Agent, Mr Z. Tallódi, of the Ministry of Justice;

the decision to give priority to the application (Rule 41 of the Rules of Court);