Exercise of violence in prison and the protection of the right to prisoners’ lives
JUDGMENT Tekın and Arslan v. Belgium 05-09-2017 (no. 37795/13) see here SUMMARY Exercising unnecessary violence against a prisoner with psychiatric problems with arm locks on behalf of police officers which resulted in the death of the prisoner violates the right to life. The Court held that Belgium had violated article 2 of the Convention. PROVISION Article 2 PRINCIPAL […]