(Year?) The applicant was a serving prisoner suffering from AIDS, who complained that aids sufferers were being discriminated against because unlike those suffering other medical conditions they were not released early on compassionate grounds. The Commission found no evidence of different treatment, but did say that where procedures relating to the release of prisoners appear to operate in a discriminatory manner: ‘The Commission has held that this may raise issues under Article 5 in conjunction with Article 14’.
Citations:
22564/93
Statutes:
European Convention on Human Rights 5 14
Cited by:
Cited – Secretary of State for the Home Department v Hindawi and Headley CA 13-Oct-2004
The applicant was a foreign national serving a long-term prison sentence. He complained that UK nationals would have had their case referred to the parole board before his.
Held: The right to be referred to the parole board was a statutory . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Human Rights, Prisons
Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.220031