Type: Judgment

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

Date: 12/17/2008

Subject: The Council of State states again the penitentiary administration’s obligation to adopt all measures necessary to protect the prisoners’ life, according to article 2 of the ECHR.

Parties: Section Francaise de l’Observatoire International des Prisons

Original language: French

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life