Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 01/20/2009

Subject: The Court has stated the violation of art. 8 of the ECHR, because the claimant, who was detained according to art.41bis of the Italian penitentiary law and subjected to the control of the correspondence, complained that a letter, addressed to his lawyer, who represented him before the European Court, had been opened.

Parties: Zara c/ Italia

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Art. 7 Privacy - Communications