AN v Lithuania: ECHR 31 May 2016

Where the court cited article 12 of the Convention (para 69) and held that where a measure of protection is necessary, it should be proportionate to the degree of incapacity and tailored to the individual’s circumstances and needs

Citations:

17280/08 (Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) : Court (Fourth Section)), [2016] ECHR 462, [2017] MHLR 38, (2017) 65 EHRR 23

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Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights

Jurisdiction:

Human Rights

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CitedN v ACCG and Others SC 22-Mar-2017
The local authority and a young man’s parents disputed his continued care, he having substantial incapacities. The parents wanted assistance caring for him on visits home. The LA declined to fund that support. The LA now argued that the CoP had not . .
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Human Rights

Updated: 25 July 2022; Ref: scu.564851