The ECHR judgment of May 28, 2019 in the case of Chaldayev v. Russia (application No. 33172/16).
In 2016, the applicant was assisted in preparing the application. Subsequently, the application was communicated to the Russian Federation.
The case has successfully examined an application about a violation of the applicant’s right to respect for private and family life due to various restrictions on visits with relatives during his detention in a penitentiary institution, as well as discriminatory treatment of which he was a victim in the exercise of this right. The case violated Article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (the right to respect for private and family life) and Article 14 of the Convention (prohibition of discrimination) in conjunction with Article 8 of the Convention.
In his application, the applicant, detained in a penitentiary institution, complained of a violation of his right to respect for his private and family life due to various restrictions on his visits to relatives during his detention, as well as discriminatory treatment of which he was victimized in the course of this the rights.
On May 28, 2019, following an application filed by the applicant, the Court unanimously ruled that in the present case the Russian authorities violated the requirements of Article 8 of the Convention (right to respect for private and family life) of the Convention and Article 14 of the Convention (prohibition of discrimination) in conjunction with Article 8 Convention, and ordered the respondent Government to pay the applicant 10,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage.