W.A. AND OTHERS v. ITALY - 18787/17 (Remainder inadmissible : removed group based on expert facial comparison : First Section)

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 (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Marko Bošnjak , President , Alena Poláčková, Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Péter Paczolay, Ivana Jelić, Erik Wennerström, Raffaele Sabato , judges , and Liv Tigerstedt, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 18787/17 ) against the Italian Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by the five Sudanese nationals indicated in the appended table ("the applicants"), on 13 February 2017;

the decision to give notice to the Italian Government ("the Government") of the complaints concerning Articles 3, 13 and 14 of the Convention and Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention;