In the case of Benyukh v. Ukraine the Court held that there had been a violation of the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment and a violation of the right to an effective remedy.

The case concerned the applicant’s dental treatment in detention, in particular a 19-month delay in providing him with dentures despite duty-of-care legislative provisions making them available free of charge to prisoners with an established need for them but no means to pay.

The Court found that those duty-of-care legislative provisions had been rendered ineffective by a combination of legislative, administrative and financial obstacles in the applicant’s case.

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