Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 06/10/2010

Subject: The decision on a detainee suffering from rheumatoid arthritis kept in cold, damp cells, without adequate medical treatment, and on the refusal of visits from the lawyer representing him before the European Court of Human Rights;

Parties: Zakharkin c/ Russia

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Personal security - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care - ING cure mediche - Justice - Art. 47 Right to be advised, defended, and represented