The ECHR judgment of March 26, 2019 in the case of Meshengov v. Russia (Meshengov v. Russia) (application No. 30261/09).
In 2009, the applicant was assisted in preparing the application. Subsequently, the application was communicated to the Russian Federation.
In the case, the applicant’s application about ill-treatment in the internal affairs department and the ineffective investigation of this circumstance was successfully considered. The case has violated the requirements of Article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
In his application, the applicant complained that he had been ill-treated in the police department and that there had been no effective investigation into this circumstance.
On March 26, 2019, on an application filed by the applicant, the Court unanimously ruled that in the present case the Government violated the requirement of Article 3 of the Convention (prohibition of torture) in its procedural and substantive aspects, and ordered the respondent Government to pay the applicant 25,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage.