Turkey once more condemned for ill treatment
Turkey once more condemned for ill treatment
The European Courts of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Musa Yýlmaz was entitled to compensation. Yýlmaz won his case related to ill-treatment in police custody before the. He had applied to the international court on the grounds of ill-treatment when he was held in police custody as a 16-year-old juvenile in July 1998 under charges of alleged robbery.
The Strasbourg court decided for a monetary fine of € 12,000 in compensation for the applicant and another € 3,000 for cost and expenses.
According to the ECHR, the Turkish state principally and de facto violated Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the prohibition of torture.
According to the ECHR, the Forensic Medicine Institute failed to provide a sufficient documentation of the torture. The court said that the principles defined by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) had to be implemented as well as the Istanbul Protocol.
The Strasbourg court decided for a monetary fine of € 12,000 in compensation for the applicant and another € 3,000 for cost and expenses.
According to the ECHR, the Turkish state principally and de facto violated Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the prohibition of torture.
According to the ECHR, the Forensic Medicine Institute failed to provide a sufficient documentation of the torture. The court said that the principles defined by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) had to be implemented as well as the Istanbul Protocol.
