Cases

Hungary violated inhuman and degrading treatment ban – HHC wins another case in Strasbourg human rights court

2011. 06. 29.

Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights held in the case of Gubacsi v. Hungary  that Hungary had violated the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment (Article 3 of the ...

Barta v. Hungary

2011. 06. 27.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Hungary violated Article 3 of the Convention in a police ill-treatment case. The applicant was represented by one of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s lawyers. Case Barta v. ...

Darvas v. Hungary

2011. 06. 26.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled in its decision dated 11 January 2011 that the pre-trial detention of a 27-year old man was unjustified. According to the ECtHR, the ...

Engel v. Hungary

2011. 06. 25.

On 20 May 2010, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a judgment in the case of Mr. Zoltán Engel versus Hungary. Mr. Engel was sentenced to life in prison for ...

Kmetty v. Hungary

2011. 06. 24.

In its chamber judgment issued on 16 December 2003, the European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or ...