Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 04/26/2016

Subject: Judgment on the violation of art. 3 of the Convention, since the applicant, who was serving a life imprisonment sentence and suffered from mental health problems, was detained without any realistic possibility of review: in particular, the Court ruled that, although the applicant had been considered in need of particular health treatment, he never received any specific health care, therefore the risk of recidivism and the impossibility of a review were the consequence of the lack of an adequate medical treatment

Parties: Murray c. Paesi Bassi

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman punishments - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care - ING cure mediche