MENTAL SUFFERINGS AS ONE OF THE KINDS OF ARTICLE 3 VIOLATION OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
E. Shyshkina
V.M. Korets’kyi State and Law Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
Tryokhsvyatytel’s’ka Str. 4, UA–01001, Kyiv, Ukraine
In the article the practice of Article 3 application of the European Convention on Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by the European Court of Human Rights is examined.
The main attention is paid to the cases concerning mental sufferings and their division
into categories depending on their consequences, namely cruel treatment and causing
mental sufferings.
Key words: tortures, cruel treatment, humiliation of human dignity, cases concerning
mental sufferings.
Стаття надійшла до редколегії 14.02.2007
Прийнята до друку 01.06.2007
ВІСНИК ЛЬВІВ. УН-ТУ
Серія юридична. 2007. Вип. 44. С. 51–58
VISNYK LVIV UNIV.
Law Series. 2007. № 44. P. 51–58