Judgment – Article 5-1(c): alleged unlawfulness of detention – ground declared inadmissible by Commission.
Article 3: conditions of detention (solitary confinement in military prisons): although applicant had complained from outset that he had been detained for an unreasonable period (Article 5-3), complaint under Article 3 concerned actual conditions of detention, not its length.
Court had no jurisdiction ratione materiae to hear those complaints, as first was identical to one declared inadmissible by Commission and second had to be regarded as new.
[1998] ECHR 73, [1998] HRCD 795, 92/1997/876/1088
Bailii
European Convention on Human Rights 5(3)
Citing:
See Also – Contrada v Italy ECHR 24-Aug-1998
The court rejected a complaint under article 5(3). The court said: ‘The right of an accused in detention to have his case examined with particular expedition must not hinder the efforts of the courts to carry out their tasks with proper care . . In . .
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Human Rights, Prisons
Updated: 22 December 2021; Ref: scu.537374
