The law discussed in this information sheet has now been superceded by the judgment in Paposhvili v Belgium (Application no. 41738/10) ECHR, 13 December 2016. This judgment and the revised approach to human rights cases involving serious or chronic illness is explained in ILPA’s more recent information sheet, Human rights claims on medical grounds, 01 March 2017. A link to this resource is provided below.
- Document Date
- 2010-02-02
- Issue Number
- 10.02.1130