Article 5 - Right to liberty and security
Case-Law Guide
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Article Updates
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Spivak v. Ukraine, no. 21180/15
05/06/25
Compulsory psychiatric treatment of the applicant in a high-security psychiatric hospital pursuant to an order issued by a criminal court and lack of review of the lawfulness of his continued confinement.
Judgment
Martinez Fernandez v. Hungary, no. 30814/22
27/05/25
Involuntary detention and treatment of an elderly woman with dementia in a psychiatric hospital for six days.
Judgment
Ishkhanyan v. Armenia, no. 5297/16
13/02/25
Mass arrests without individualised assessment after the dispersal of a sit-in demonstration blocking a main public road.
Judgment
Key Themes
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Useful Materials
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- Right to liberty and security (no. CDH(67)10)
- Right to liberty and security (no. DH(56)10)
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