Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 02/24/2009

Subject: The Court has stated the violation of art. 3 of the Convention and has ascertained the existence of a structural problem related to an adequate medical assistance of ill prisoners, in particular afflicted with hepatitis C

Parties: Poghossian c /Géorgia

Classification: Dignity - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Art. 4 Inhuman treatments - Solidarity - Art. 34 Social security - Social benefits - Art. 35 Preventive health care