Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 01/10/2012

Subject: The decision on inhuman detention conditions: according to art. 46 of the Convention, the Court held that the Russian Government, within six months from the date on which the judgment became final, must improve the conditions of detention, modify the law as well as practices and attitudes, ensure that pre-trial detention is only used in absolutely necessary cases, establish the maximum capacity for each remand prison and ensure that victims can complain effectively about inadequate conditions of detention and that they obtain appropriate

Parties: Ananyev e altri c/ Russia

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Justice - Art. 47 Justice: effective