Week-ending 29 October 2021

This week the European Court of Human Rights handed down three judgments with regard to Russia finding violations of Convention Articles 3 (prohibition of torture), 5 (liberty and security of person), 8 (private and family life) and 13 (right to an effective remedy).
28 October 2021
ALEKSEYEV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA
A breach of Article 8 § 1 of the Convention concerning the permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities; a violation of Article 13 of the Convention as regards some of the applicants’ complaints raised under well-established case-law of the Court (see the appended table – violations of Article 13); the finding of a violation constitutes in itself sufficient just satisfaction.
A breach of Article 5 § 3 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of pre-trial detention; a violation of the Convention as regards the other complaints raised under well-established case-law of the Court (see the appended table – violations of Articles 5 § 4 and 3); the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended table, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement.
YELOVSKIY AND CHAKRYAN v. RUSSIA
A breach of Article 8 § 1 of the Convention concerning the permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities; a violation of the Convention as regards the other complaints raised under well-established case-law of the Court (see the appended table – violations of Article 13); the finding of a violation constitutes in itself sufficient just satisfaction.