Prisoners' rights

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Albertani v. Italy, no. 15994/20

04/06/26

Detention of the applicant, suffering from psychiatric disorders, in prison following a reform that had led to the closure of judicial psychiatric hospitals.
Judgment


Andrea Ciotta v. Italy, no. 368/21

04/06/26

Complaint about the applicant’s continued ordinary detention (despite the decisions by national courts ordering his placement in a residence for the execution of security measures and then in a therapeutic community), conditions of that detention, and the delay in the execution of an interim measure indicated by the Court under Rule 39.
Judgment


Antonov v. Estonia, no. 48721/22

28/04/26

Resetting of the starting date of the 25-year minimum term of a life sentence to the date of a new criminal conviction for another offence.
Judgment | Legal Summary


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