LOZAY v. HUNGARY - 40246/19 (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture : First Section Committee)

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

Alena Poláčková , President , Péter Paczolay, Gilberto Felici , judges , and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 40246/19 ) against Hungary lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") on 22 July 2019 by a Hungarian national, Mr János Lózay ("the applicant"), who was born in 1967, lives in Heilbronn and was represented by Mr D. A. Karsai, a lawyer practising in Budapest;

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 case concerns the use of force by the police against the applicant resulting in injuries and the alleged lack of an effective investigation into the incident. It raises issues under Article 3 of the Convention.