Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 09/06/2016

Subject: The judgement according to which the detention of a sex offender, affected by mental problems, in an inadequate prison environment, is a structural deficiency specific to the Belgian psychiatric detention system and violates the Convention

Parties: W.D. c. Belgio

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman treatments - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care