ECHR judgment of July 17, 2018 in the case of Sergey Ryabov (Sergey Ryabov) v. Russia (application N 2674/07).
The case was successfully considered by the complainant that he had been ill-treated while in custody, and that the use of confessions as a result of his ill-treatment made the trial generally unfair. The case has violated the requirements of Article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (prohibition of torture) in its procedural and substantive aspects and Article 6 of the Convention (the right to a fair trial).
In 2007, the complainant was assisted in preparing a application. Subsequently, the complaint was communicated to the Russian Federation.
In his application, the complainant complained that he had been ill-treated while in custody, and that the use of confessions as a result of his ill-treatment made the trial generally unfair.
On July 17, 2018, the European Court unanimously ruled that in the present case the authorities violated the requirement of Article 3 of the Convention (prohibition of torture) in its procedural and substantive aspects and Article 6 of the Convention (the right to a fair trial), and ordered the State - the respondent to pay the applicant 12,000 euros in compensation. A joint concurring opinion was expressed by the judges of the European Court of Human Rights, H. Keller (elected from Switzerland), P.P. Vilanova (elected from Andorra), M. Elosegi (elected from Spain).