Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 02/12/2008

Subject: The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights on account of the ill-treatment to which the applicant was subjected in police custody.

Parties: Sonkaya c/ Turchia

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments