Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 01/20/2009

Subject: The Court has unanimously considered a violation to the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatments the fact that the claimant, who at the time was fifteen years old, had been detained in a prison for adults

Parties: Güveç c/ Turchia

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights