Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Cour de cassation

Date: 10/20/2021

Subject: The decision of the Court of Cassation, on the claim lodged by a prisoner concerning the indecent detention conditions: the Court annulled the appealed decision referring to the second instance court for the assessment of the detention conditions, deemed in violation of the ECHR norms, in the light of the law of 20 April 2020 – following the decision of the Constitutional Council – in order to give execution to the norms of the ECHR on the detention

Original language: French

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

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