Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 05/15/2012

Subject: The decision in which the Court stated that Ukraine must reform its national legal system to eradicate the problem of inhuman and degrading treatments during police custody: the Court underlined the necessity to modify the national legal system since there have already been 40 cases against Ukraine on such matter and more than 100 are still pending

Parties: Kaverzin c. Ucraina

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments