Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Eire) - High Court of Ireland

Date: 01/20/2009

Subject: The High Court deals with the question of the right to freedom in the event of internment in a mental hospital, recalling the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg.

Parties: C.C. e Clinical Director of St. Patrick’s Hospital and the Mental Health Commission

Original language: Irish

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Personal security - Art. 7 Privacy - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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