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
This section collects the leading European Court of Human Rights judgments on Article 5 of the Convention, which guarantees the right to liberty and security and the protection against arbitrary or unlawful detention. Each case below summarises the facts, the Court’s reasoning and the outcome. For a full explanation of the right, see our guide to Article 5 ECHR.
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…
Navalnyy v. Russia
Navalnyy v. Russia (GC, 2018): the repeated arrest of an opposition politician at public…
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…
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…