Factsheet – Secret detention sites

March 2019 This Factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive Secret detention sites First so-called “rendition” case decided by the European Court of Human Rights El-Masri v. “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” 13 December 2012 (Grand…

Factsheet – Extradition and life imprisonment

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 – 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…