Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (France) - Conseil d’Etat

Date: 10/17/2008

Subject: The Council of State deems as partially unconstitutional law 2006-338 of 21 March 2006, which modifies the criminal procedure code with regard to the norm on prisoners’ isolation, in the light of the norms of the ECHR, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention of New York on the rights of the child.”

Parties: Section Francaise De L'Observatoire International Des Prisons

Original language: French

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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