Chahal v. the United Kingdom
Quick answer In Chahal v. the United Kingdom (Application no. 22414/93, Grand Chamber judgment…
Article: Article 5 — Right to Liberty and Security
Key European Court of Human Rights cases decided under Article 5 — Right to Liberty and Security.
Kharchenko v. Ukraine
Quick answer In Kharchenko v. Ukraine (Application no. 40107/02, judgment of 10 February 2011),…
Nevmerzhitsky v. Ukraine
Quick answer In Nevmerzhitsky v. Ukraine (Application no. 54825/00, judgment of 5 April 2005),…
Del Río Prada v. Spain
Del Río Prada v. Spain (GC, 2013): retroactively applying the 'Parot doctrine' to delay…
Kudła v. Poland
Kudła v. Poland (GC, 2000): the first case to hold that Article 13 requires…
Winterwerp v. the Netherlands
Winterwerp v. the Netherlands (1979): the leading case on the lawful psychiatric detention of…
Guzzardi v. Italy
Guzzardi v. Italy (1980): compulsory residence on an island under strict supervision amounted to…
Navalnyy v. Russia
Navalnyy v. Russia (GC, 2018): the repeated arrest of an opposition politician at public…
Aksoy v. Turkey
Aksoy v. Turkey (1996): the first case in which the European Court of Human…
A. and Others v. the United Kingdom
A. and Others v. UK (2009): the indefinite detention of foreign-national terrorism suspects at…