Prisoners' rights

Case-Law Guide

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Guide on Prisoners' rights

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Transversal Theme Updates

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Horion v. Belgium, no. 37928/20

09/05/23

De facto irreducibility of a life sentence.
Judgment

S.P. v. Russia, nos 36463/11 and 10 others

02/05/23

​Segregation, humiliation and abuse of prisoners by fellow inmates on account of inferior status in informal prisoner hierarchy tolerated by prison staff.
Judgment | Legal Summary 

Deltuva v. Lithuania, no. 38144/20

21/03/23

​Restriction on family visits with wife and daughter during pre-trial detention.
Judgment | Legal Summary

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