Abstract
On January 8, 2013 the European Court of Human Rights condemned Italy for the treatment of
some prisoners (Torreggiani case). The legal arguments exploited in the sentence appear to be relevant
for two principal reasons.
The first one concerns the gravity of the violation: Italy has been condemned under article 3 of
the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits torture, and inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment. The second is regarding the fact that the international judges have
adopted a pilot-judgment procedure as a means of dealing with a large amount of similar cases that
come from the same underlying problem.
Both of these aspects are analysed in this article.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] The Italian prison situation structurally violates human rights standards (in the margin of the Torreggiani v. Italy judgment) |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 147-158 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | DIRITTI UMANI E DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- Corte europea dei diritti umani
- tortura
