Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 12/13/2007

Subject: The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the injuries inflicted on the applicant during her arrest.

Parties: Eser Ceylan c/ Turchia

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