Communicated on 14 May 2018

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 35530/16 Á.K. and I.K. against Hungary lodged on 15 June 2016

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The applicants, brothers, were convicted of multiple murders and other offences to the detriment of families belo nging to the Roma minority. The crimes were committed for racist motives. They serve whole life sentences without the possibility of release on parole, meaning that they cannot be considered for pardon earlier than 40 years of time served.

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Have the applicants been deprived of any real prospect of release and thus potentially subjected to inhuman punishment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention, in view of the fact that they will not be eligible for release on pardon before 40 years (cf. T.P. and A.T. v. Hungary , nos. 37871/14 and 73986/14, 4 October 2016)?