European Court of Human Rights: Unlawful detention of Tunisian migrants in Italian reception centre

On 1 September 2015, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a Chamber judgment in the case of Khlaifia and Others v. Italy, which condemned Italy for the violation of Article 5.1 (right to liberty and security) of the European Convention on Human Rights; Article 5.2 (right to be informed promptly of the charge against the applicants); Article 5.4 (right to a speedy decision by a court on the lawfulness of detention); and Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 (prohibition of collective expulsion of ...