Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 04/26/2012

Subject: The Court affirmed that a judgment of a court of a Member State which orders the placement of child in a secure institution providing therapeutic and educational care situated in another Member State, and which entails that, for her own protection, the child is deprived of her liberty for a specified period, must, before its enforcement in the requested Member State, be declared to be enforceable in that Member State. The decision of the court of the requested Member State on the application for a declaration of enforceability must be made with particular expedition and appeals brought against such a decision of the court of the requested Member State must not have a suspensive effect.

Parties: Health Service Executive

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights

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