Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 11/08/2007

Subject: Prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the conditions of Mr Štitić’s detention in a high-security prison unit; concerning the alleged lack of adequate medical assistance; right to respect for correspondence; right to an effective remedy.

Parties: Stitic c/ Croatia

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal