December 2017 This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Extradition and life imprisonment See also the factsheet on “Life imprisonment”. Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights: “No one shall be subjected to torture…
Factsheet – Life imprisonment
March 2019 This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Life imprisonment See also the factsheet on “Extradition and life imprisonment”. “… [I]n the context of a life sentence, Article 3 [of the European Convention on Human…
Factsheet – Hunger strikes in detention
August 2015 This Factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Hunger strikes in detention Death following a hunger strike Horoz v. Turkey 31 March 2009 The applicant’s son died in 2001 while in prison after going on…
Factsheet – Prisoners’ health-related rights
February 2019 This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Prisoners’ health-related rights See also the factsheets on “Detention conditions and treatment of prisoners”, “Detention and mental health” and “Hunger strikes in detention”. “… [U]nder Article 3…
Factsheet – Detention conditions and treatment of prisoners
January 2019 This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Detention conditions and treatment of prisoners See also the factsheets on “Detention and mental health”, “Hunger strikes in detention”, “Life imprisonment”, “Prisoners’ health rights” and “Secret detention…
Factsheet – Detention and mental health
January 2019 This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Detention and mental health See also the factsheets on “Detention conditions and treatment of prisoners” and “Prisoners’ health rights”. “The [European] Court [of Human Rights] has held…
Other Convention provisions / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 Other Convention provisions Restrictions not prescribed by the Convention (Article 18) The Merabishvili v. Georgia[228] judgment concerned Article 18 read in conjunction with Article 5 of the Convention. The applicant was a former…
Other rights and freedoms / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 Other rights and freedoms Right to respect for one’s private and family life, home and correspondence (Article 8)[112] Private life[113] The A.-M.V. v. Finland[114] judgment concerned restrictions on the right to self-determination…
Procedural rights / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 Procedural rights Right to a fair hearing in civil proceedings (Article 6 § 1) Applicability Fairness of the proceedings Right to a fair hearing in criminal proceedings (Article 6 § 1) Applicability…
“Core” rights / Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017
Overview of the Case-law of the ECHR 2017 “Core” rights Right to life (Article 2) Obligation to protect life Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment (Article 3) Inhuman or degrading punishment Conditions of detention Prohibition of…