The applicant, Luan de Souza Ribeiro, is a Brazilian national who was born in 1988 and lives in Remire Montjoly (French Guiana). In 2005 he was arrested for drug offences and sentenced to two months in prison with probation. In January 2007 he was arrested for failing to produce valid official documents and deported to Brasil. Relying on Articles 8 (right to respect for private and family life and home) and 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the European Convention on Human Rights, he complained that it had been impossible for him to challenge the validity of an order for his deportation before it was enforced. Following his removal from Guiana, he returned illegally and is now lawfully resident there.
Citation: De Souza Ribeiro v France (App no 22689/07) ECHR 13 December 2012
(from the official press-release prepared by the Registry Office of the European Court of Human Rights)