Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
10 years since the deadly pushback at El Tarajal, Ceuta on 6 February 2014, Ludovic N. (anonymized for his protection), a survivor, submitted a complaint to the UN against Spain for multiple violations of the Convention Against Torture, with the support of his representing lawyer, Carsten Gericke and ECCHR's senior legal advisor, Hanaa Hakiki, along with the border justice team.
Ludovic N. was 15 years old when he was beaten, and tear gassed by Guardia Civil officers as he struggled to hold onto the sea wall border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. The unaccompanied minor from Cameroon was apprehended and expelled to Morocco by land and was later obstructed from testifying during the 8 years of investigations into the deadly events. Ludovic N.’s complaint to the UN Committee Against Torture addresses a litany of investigative failures after Spain finally archived the case in 2022.
Read more about the case:
https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/europes-treacherous-borders-seeking-justice-for-ceuta-victims/
theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/01/refugee-files-complaint-un-spain-2014-border-deaths-spanish-enclave-ceuta
10 years since the deadly pushback at El Tarajal, Ceuta on 6 February 2014, Ludovic N. (anonymized for his protection), a survivor, submitted a complaint to the UN against Spain for multiple violations of the Convention Against Torture, with the support of his representing lawyer, Carsten Gericke and ECCHR's senior legal advisor, Hanaa Hakiki, along with the border justice team.
Ludovic N. was 15 years old when he was beaten, and tear gassed by Guardia Civil officers as he struggled to hold onto the sea wall border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. The unaccompanied minor from Cameroon was apprehended and expelled to Morocco by land and was later obstructed from testifying during the 8 years of investigations into the deadly events. Ludovic N.’s complaint to the UN Committee Against Torture addresses a litany of investigative failures after Spain finally archived the case in 2022.
Read more about the case:
https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/europes-treacherous-borders-seeking-justice-for-ceuta-victims/
theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/01/refugee-files-complaint-un-spain-2014-border-deaths-spanish-enclave-ceuta
