Article 3 psychiatric cases: history and latest developments (Part 1) — Ruby Peacock
I want to draw your attention to this article on psychiatric conditions and article 3 EHRM as published on UK Human Rights Blog: Courtroom of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg In this two-part article, Ruby Peacock, an aspiring barrister and currently a legal and policy intern at the Legal Resources Centre in Cape Town, examines the history of medical claims brought under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The first part analyses the history of how such cases have been decided, with particular focus on claims based on psychiatric illness. The second part will examine the recent developments in the law and what these may mean for the future. The author is very grateful to Greg Ó Ceallaigh and Sapan Maini-Thompson for their insights and comments when preparing this article. Paposhvili v Belgium [2017] Imm AR 867 and AM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 17 have transformed the area of Article 3...