... on the states' activities, we will first focus on its jurisprudence. In fact, before examining more specifically the approach of the Court regarding the entry, residence and expulsion of aliens, reference will be made to the general interpretation of this article. Therefore, according to article 3 of the European convention of human rights: ´no one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment' .Each of these words-terms have been defined-interpreted quite differently by the Court and the Commission from what they mean in their everyday use , and have been distinguished from other forms of behaviour. At this point it should also be added that in no circumstances can this right be suspended, as article 15 informs us, showing the importance of the prohibition expressed in it. Although the convention was signed in 1950 and its two basic instruments, the Commission and the Court came ...

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