Communicated on 22 October 2019

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 15977/17 S.B . against Hungary lodged on 23 February 2017

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the alleged absence of legal basis for the detention of the applicant, a minor asylum-seeker from Pakistan, between 23 June and 23 August 2016.

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Was the applicant deprived of his liberty in breach of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention (see, mutatis mutandis , X.Y. v. Hungary , no. 43888/08 , §§ 11 and 28, 19 March 2013) ? In particular, was the applicant ’ s detention between 23 June and 23 August 2016 maintained “in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law”?