The applicant complained that he had been held in solitary confinement for a period of nearly 8 years whilst in prison, and had not been given a remedy.
Held: There had been no breach of article 3 by the confinement, but article 13 had been infringed by the failure to allow him any means to challenge his confinement.
Judges:
CL Rozakis P
Citations:
59450/00, [2005] ECHR 42, (2007) 45 EHRR 49
Links:
Statutes:
European Convention on Human Rights 3 13
Jurisdiction:
Human Rights
Cited by:
See Also – Ramirez Sanchez v France ECHR 2-Dec-2010
(Execution of Judgment) Record of satisfaction of judgment against it by the respondent. . .
Appeal from – Ramirez Sanchez v France ECHR 4-Jul-2006
ramirez_sanchezECHR2006
(Grand Chamber) The applicant, better known as ‘Carlos the Jackal’, complained that he had been held in solitary confinement for 8 years by the respondent whilst in prison contrary to article 3, and that he had not been given any means of challening . .
Cited – Shahid v Scottish Ministers (Scotland) SC 14-Oct-2015
The appellant convicted of a racially-aggravated vicious murder. Since conviction he had spent almost five years in segregation from other prisoners. The appellant now alleged that some very substantial periods of segregation had been in breach of . .
Cited – Lord Advocate (Representing The Taiwanese Judicial Authorities) v Dean SC 28-Jun-2017
(Scotland) The respondent was to be extradited to Taiwan to serve the balance of a prison term. His appeal succeeded and the order quashed on the basis that his treatment in the Taiwanese prison system would infringe his human rights. The Lord . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Human Rights, Prisons
Updated: 13 August 2022; Ref: scu.227645