Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 06/01/2010

Subject: The decision of the Grand Chamber on the police’s threats towards a man, suspected of having kidnapped a child, in order to extort from him useful information; such behavior has been deemed as an inhuman and degrading treatment;

Parties: Gäfgen c/ Germania

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights