Stanev v Bulgaria (application n 36760/06)

Briefed on 28th February 2023

This case concerns the placement of the applicant, subject to a partial guardianship order following a diagnosis of schizophrenia, in a social care home.

The presentation on this case was given by Simona Florescu, Litigation Manager at Validity, and Aneta Mircheva, Lawyer at the Network of Independent Experts.

• Powerpoint presentation

• Rule 9.2 submission on the case (February 2023)

• ECHR judgment

Kehayov v Bulgaria (Application Nos 41035/98 36925/10)

Briefed on: 5 March 2018

This group of cases concerns inhuman and degrading treatment of the applicants in penitentiary facilities between 1996 and 2016 (violations of Article 3). In certain cases, the Court also found that there was no preventive remedy and that there were various shortcomings in the functioning of the domestic compensatory remedy (violations of Article 13).

• Briefing note of Ms Katchaounova, Legal Programme Director at the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

• Rule 9.2. submission made by the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee on this group of cases

• 2017 Action Plan of Bulgaria on this group of cases and its addendum