In the case of Kazachynska v. Ukraine the Court has held that there had been a violation of the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment/investigation and a violation of the right to liberty and security.

The case concerned applicant’s confinement in a psychiatric hospital and her allegations of ill-treatment there.

The Court found that the applicant had been unlawfully detained in a psychiatric hospital for 13 days. She had been given neuroleptic medication and tied to her bed whenever she had attempted to leave, without any proof of her posing a danger to herself or others or indeed actually having a mental disorder. Such arbitrary treatment had to have made her feel anxious and inferior.

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