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Article 5 - Right to liberty and security

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Martinez Fernandez v. Hungary, no. 30814/22

27/05/25

Involuntary detention and treatment of an elderly woman with dementia in a psychiatric hospital for six days.
Judgment


Ishkhanyan v. Armenia, no. 5297/16

13/02/25

Mass arrests without individualised assessment after the dispersal of a sit-in demonstration blocking a main public road.
Judgment


J.B. and Others v. Malta, no. 1766/23

22/10/24

Immigration Appeals Board not an effective remedy for the review of the lawfulness of detention of presumed minors (Bangladeshi nationals rescued at sea).
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