Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 03/18/2008

Subject: The Court held unanimously that there had been:a violation of Article 5 § 1 (right to liberty and security) of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the applicant’s detention on charges of slander; a violation of Article 5 § 1 as regards the delay in releasing the applicant;a violation of Article 5 § 2 in that the applicant was not informed promptly, in a language which he understood, of the reasons for his arrest and of the charges against him; and,a violation of Article 5 § 3 in that there had been no automatic judicial review of the applicant’s detention following his arrest. Title 2

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Personal security