CASE OF ABU ZUBAYDAH v. LITHUANIA
Hearing: Abu Zubaydah v. Lithuania (no. 46454/11) (Chamber hearing, 2016-06-29 00:00:00)
Application no.: 46454/11
Document type: CHAMBER
Document date: 2018-05-31 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2018:0531JUD004645411
Respondent state: LTU
Articles of the Convention: 1;3;5;5-1;8;8-1;8-2;13;13+3;34;35;35-1;41;46;46-1;46-2
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;Egidijus Kūris;Kristina Pardalos;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Paul Mahoney;Robert Spano
Represented by: DUFFY H. ; MICKUM IV G.B. ; MARGULIES J.
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Conclusion: Preliminary objection dismissed (Art. 34) Individual applications;(Art. 34) Victim;Preliminary objections joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies;(Art. 35-1) Six-month period;Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention);Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for family life;Respect for private life);Violation of Article 13+3 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 3 - Inhuman treatment;Prohibition of torture);Respondent State to take individual measures (Article 46-1 - Parties to case;Article 46-2 - Individual measures);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: FALSE