Rights of persons with disabilities

Case-Law Guide

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B.M. v. Switzerland, no. 50227/21

12/05/26

Court’s refusal of request for parol by the applicant, who was born in 1946 and has been incarcerated since 2005 following his conviction for sexual assault of minors.
Judgment | Legal Summary

Makki v. Denmark, no. 10297/23

31/03/26

Strapping of the applicant, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, to a restraint bed for 11 days and 11 hours in a psychiatric hospital, after he had assaulted a nurse and pending his transfer to a high security facility.
Judgment

B.M. v. Spain, no. 25893/23

06/11/25

Compulsory committal of the applicant to a psychiatric hospital, approved by a court after a hearing held via Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and without an in-person examination by a court-appointed doctor.
Judgment

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