Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 03/23/2016

Subject: Judgment on the lack of medical care; the applicant alleged that his health had deteriorated in detention, in particular because he did not undergo tests for the Helibacter Pilor screening and he had not been given the prescribed medication for treating his ulcer, deeming such treatment as inhuman and degrading;

Parties: Kolesnikovich c. Russia

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman punishments - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care