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Immobilization of a mentally ill person in a hospital bed for 23 hours. Continuation of the measure of physical restraint without sufficient justification, violated the ECHR.

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15/09/2020 11:04

JUDGMENT Aggerholm v. Denmark 15-9-2020 (app. no. 45439/18) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a complaint by a schizophrenic man about being strapped to a restraint bed in a psychiatric hospital for nearly 23 hours, one of the longest periods of such immobilisation ever examined by the European Court. Given the context and the applicant’s […]

Immobilizing a suspect by foot during a police raid constitutes degrading treatment

Article 3
24/08/2020 07:54

JUDGMENT Mîţu v. the Republic of Moldova 30.06.2020 (app. no. 23524/14) see here SUMMARY Humiliating treatment and police violence. Ineffective research. Information on the presence of firearms in the applicant’s apartment. Use of violence against the applicant in her home because she refused to open the door despite the search warrant. The police officers grabbed […]

An eight-year-old deaf child with intellectual disabilities was tied to his bed in public care “for his own safety”. Inhuman and degrading treatment

Article 3
27/01/2020 07:35

JUDGMENT L.R. v. North Macedonia 23.01.2020 (no. 38067/15) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a child, L.R., who has been in the care of State-run institutions since he was three months old and allegations of inadequate care and ill-treatment. His case came to the notice of an NGO when the Ombudsman visited him in an […]

Deportation of a minority citizen. Improving human rights and the Strasbourg case law change and approach.

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23/11/2019 14:16

JUDGMENT T.K. and S.R. v. Russia 19.11.2019 (no. 28492/15 and 49975/15) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicants’ allegation that they risked ill-treatment if extradited to Kyrgyzstan because they belonged to the Uzbek ethnic minority, who have been persecuted by the authorities since inter-ethnic clashes in 2010. The European Court of Human Rights held, […]

The domestic remedies available to detained migrants in emergency reception centers in Greece were neither accessible nor sufficient.

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04/10/2019 06:41

JUDGMENT Kaak and others v. Greece 3/10/2019 (no. 34215/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the conditions of detention of Syrian, Afghan and Palestinian nationals in the “hotspots” of Vial and Souda (Greece), and the lawfulness of their detention in those camps. The Court considered that the authorities had done all that could reasonably be […]

The mentally ill offender cannot be deported without sufficient guarantees of effective access to appropriate care.

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01/10/2019 12:30

JUDGMENT Savran v. Denmark 1/10/2019 (no. 57467/15) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s complaint that owing to his mental health his rights would be violated if he were to be returned to Turkey. The Court found in particular that psychiatrists had recommended that the applicant receive close monitoring and follow-up in order […]

Violent beating of a citizen by police officers for personal reasons! Physical violence constitutes inhuman and degrading treatment.

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23/08/2019 07:58

JUDGMENT Gülkanat v. Turkey 09.07.2019 (no.38176/08) see here SUMMARY Ill- treatment of a citizen by police officers and cover up by senior officers. The applicant, who had not committed a crime, was led by police officers in a wooded area and was beaten for supposedly harassing the sister in law of an officer. When transferred to […]

In absentia conviction. Non violation of fair trial as the absence of the convicted from the court was his choice. His detention with a view to extradition without a court order violated his right to freedom and security.

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21/07/2019 15:49

JUDGMENT Kislov v. Russia 09.07.2019 (no. 3598/10) see here SUMMARY Passive bribery of a civil servant. His in absentia conviction for passive bribery and forgery. Provisional detention in Russia with a view to extradition to Belarus without a court order. The applicant was accused of passive bribery of an official and was convicted in absentia […]

Rape, abduction and harassment of a woman from her former partner. Threats against her, cutting her car brakes with the purpose to kill and forced abortion. The Court has condemned the authorities’ indifference to domestic violence. Unfair and degrading treatment of a woman.

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12/07/2019 18:57

JUDGMENT Volodina v. Russia 09.07.2019 (no. 41261/17) see here SUMMARY Domestic Violence and Discrimination Against Women. Insufficient legal status to deal with. The applicant complained that the Russian authorities had not protected her from repeated violent attacks, abductions, rapes and threat on behalf of her former partner.The Court found that the applicant had been subjected […]

The state has taken adequate measures to investigate allegations of child sexual abuse. No violation of the ECHR.

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06/07/2019 06:57

JUDGMENT Α and Β v. Croatia 20-06-2019 (no. 7144/15) see here SUMMARY Complaint about inaction by the Croatian authorities in allegations of sexual abuse of children. The Court noted that the authorities had taken measures to address conflicting claims of a situation involving complaints from a mother about the sexual abuse of her child by […]

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