Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 01/31/2008

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 as regards the ill-treatment to which the applicants were subjected on police premises; anda violation of Article 3 (lack of an effective investigation) as regards the Turkish authorities’ failure to carry out an effective investigation.

Parties: Dönmüş et Kaplan c/ Turchia

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