In a Chamber judgment handed down on Thursday 6 March, the European Court of Human Rights condemned Belgium for violating the right to respect for private life of a Guinean national subjected to a medical examination to verify her allegations of minority status.
The court made it clear that it was not commenting on the applicant’s age or the reliability of the bone tests performed on her.
It is the decision-making process that led to these decisions and to the termination of the...