Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 09/27/2007

Subject: Prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment on account of inefficiency and ineffectiveness of the investigation undertaken following allegations by the applicant that he had been ill-treated.

Parties: Ikolay Dimitrov c/ Bulgaria

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments