Information Note on the Court’s case-law 225 January 2019 Georgia v. Russia (I) (just satisfaction) [GC] – 13255/07 Judgment 31.1.2019 [GC] Article 33 Inter-State application Quantification and identification of victims eligible for compensation in respect of non-pecuniary damage in an…
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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 – 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…
Rooman c. Belgique [GC] (European Court of Human Rights)
Information Note on the Court’s case-law 225 January 2019 Rooman v. Belgium [GC] – 18052/11 Judgment 31.1.2019 [GC] Article 5 Article 5-1-e Persons of unsound mind Obligation of means in overcoming a linguistic obstacle to treatment of the mental disorders…