I correctly predicted that there was a violation of human rights in URSEI v. ROMANIA.

Information

  • Judgment date: 2017-03-14
  • Communication date: 2015-01-19
  • Application number(s): 49362/08
  • Country:   ROU
  • Relevant ECHR article(s): 3
  • Conclusion:
    Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)
  • Result: Violation
    • SEE FINAL JUDGMENT

JURI Prediction

  • Probability: 0.898943
  • Prediction: Violation

  • Consistent


Legend

 In line with the court's judgment
 In opposition to the court's judgment
Darker color: higher probability
: In line with the court's judgment  
: In opposition to the court's judgment

Communication text used for prediction

The applicant, Mr Francisc Ursei, is a Romanian national, who was born in 1976 and lives in Arad.
The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.
On 8 June 2008 the applicant was placed in pre-trial detention in Arad Prison.
On 21 June 2010 the Timisoara Court of Appeal convicted the applicant for robbery and sentenced him to ten years’ imprisonment.
On 25 June 2014 the applicant was released from prison under probation.
The applicant served most of his sentence in Arad Prison.
For a few months in 2012 (the exact period does not appear clearly from the material submitted by the applicant) he was detained in Timișoara Prison.
The applicant complains about the alleged inhuman conditions of his detention in Arad and Timișoara Prisons.
He mainly complains of the lack of hygiene products, poor quality of food and the presence of smokers in all the cells occupied by him.
The applicant also claims that the conditions of his transportation between the prison facilities and the courts are inhuman and degrading.
The vans are severely overcrowded and let no air in.
Moreover, some of the detainees smoke in the van.
Lastly, the applicant alleges that although he was found to be in good health when he was placed in pre-trial detention, he was later diagnosed as suffering from hepatitis C. COMPLAINTS The applicant complains under Article 3 of the Convention about the alleged inhuman conditions of his detention in Arad and Timișoara Prisons in particular poor conditions of hygiene, lack of sufficient and adequate food and the presence of smokers in all the cells occupied by him.
Under the same article he complains about the conditions of his transport between the detention facilities and the courts in overcrowded vans, without sufficient air.
The applicant further complains under the same Article that due to the extreme lack of hygiene he contracted hepatitis C in prison.

Judgment