The ECHR judgment of 22 February 2018 in the case of Popov and Others v. Russia (applications no. 33361/16, 34396/16, 38199/16, 38411/16, 38485/16, 39313/16 and 39443 / 16).
In the case, the applicants' complaints of inhuman conditions of detention were successfully considered, some of the applicants also complained that they did not have an effective remedy in this regard. The case involved a violation of Article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms with respect to all the applicants, Article 13 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms with respect to certain applicants.
In 2016, the applicants were assisted in the preparation of applications. Subsequently, the applications were merged and communicated to the Russian Federation.
In their complaints, the applicants (seven) complained of inhuman conditions of detention. Individual applicants also complained that they did not have an effective remedy in this regard.
On 22 February 2018, on the basis of the complaints submitted by the applicants, the Court unanimously held that in this case the Government violated the requirement of Article 3 of the Convention (prohibition of torture) against all applicants, the requirement of Article 13 of the Convention (the right to an effective remedy) and ordered the respondent State to pay the applicants 48,100 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage.