Communicated on 8 December 2017

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 39734/15 Sándor VARGA against Hungary lodged on 1 August 2015

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the actual whole life sentence which the applicant has been serving since 3 February 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)?