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ECHR: Judgment against France for not providing, at the relevant time, an effective remedy to address inhuman or degrading detention conditions

26 May 2015

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"the Court found that at the relevant time French law had not provided Mr Yengo with any preventive remedy by which he could have promptly obtained the termination of his inhuman and degrading conditions of detention. There had therefore been a violation of Article 13 of the Convention.."

See the full text: Judgment against France for not providing, at the relevant time, an effective remedy to address inhuman or degrading detention conditions (Press release, pdf)

And: Judgment (French, link)

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