ECHR rules against Russia in child disability case

24/03/16

On 22 March 2016 the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the case of Blokhin v Russia, a judgment that found that a child with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and neurogenic bladder causing enuresis (a disorder involving urinary incontinence) was unlawfully detained and abused in Russia’s criminal justice system in breach of Articles 3, 5 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. 

The judgment is here.

The Mental Disability Advocacy Centre press release can be found here.