Communicated on 8 December 2017

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 43444/15 Tibor KRUCHIÓ against Hungary lodged on 28 August 2015

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the actual whole life sentence imposed on the applicant on 26 March 2015.

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Has the applicant 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 he will not be eligible for release on parole before 40 years ( T.P. and A.T. v. Hungary , nos. 37871/14 and 73986/14, 4 October 2016)?