Saribekyan and Balyan v. Azerbaijan
Country: AzerbaijanYear: 2020
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: [2020] ECHR 35746/11
Health Topics: Prisons
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to bodily integrity, Right to life
The applicants, Mamikon Saribekyan and Siranush Balyan, brought an application that their son, Manvel Saribekyan, had been tortured and killed under the detention of the Azerbaijan authorities. Saribekyan, was a resident of the Tutjur village in the Gegharkunik region of Armenia near the border of Azerbaijan. On September 11th, 2010, Saribekyan lost his bearings in …Read more
Kardava v. Ukraine
Country: UkraineYear: 2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Kardava v. Ukraine, no. 19886/09, ECHR 2019
Health Topics: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Health care and health services, Prisons
Human Rights: Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to life
The applicant, a Georgian national, was detained on 7 August 2008 by the Ukrainian police in Kyiv on suspicion of robbery and for the illegal possession of narcotic drugs. He was denied bail due to his previous criminal record, the gravity of his alleged crimes, and the judicial finding that he might seek to evade …Read more
L.M.R v ARGENTINA
Country:Year: 2007
Court: Human Rights Committee
Citation: 1608/2007
The author, VDA is a resident of Argentina and makes this communication on behalf of her daughter LMR who suffers from permanent mental impairment, attends special school and receives neurological care. In June 2006, the author took LMR to Guernica hospital because she was not feeling well at the hospital it was discovered that she …Read more