K.A. v. CYPRUS - 63076/19 (Article 5 - Right to liberty and security : Third Section)

Art 5 § 4 • Failure to comply with speedy review requirement in pending appeal proceedings concerning lawfulness of asylum seeker's detention order • Period of inactivity of over nine months, from lodging of appeal until applicant's release, entirely attributable to authorities

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Pere Pastor Vilanova , President , Georgios A. Serghides, Darian Pavli, Peeter Roosma, Ioannis Ktistakis, Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, Diana Kovatcheva , judges , and Milan Blaško, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 63076/19 ) against the Republic of Cyprus lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a Moroccan national, Mr K.A. ("the applicant"), on 9 December 2019;