Communicated on 6 June 2014

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 16599/12 Zoltán MAGYAR against Hungary and 13 other applications

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The circumstances of the case

The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.

The applicants assert in particular that they have been detained in crowded prison cells.

COMPLAINTS

The applicants complain under Article 3 of the Convention about the conditions of their detention, allegedly executed in overcrowded prison cells; moreover, they submit under Article 13 that they do not have an effective remedy concerning their complaints about the conditions of their detention s .

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Have the applicants been subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment on account of their cramped prison conditions, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention?

2. Did the applicants have at their disposal an effective domestic remedy for their complaints about prison conditions under Article 3, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?