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2 judgments found.
Country:
Grenada Year: 2002
Court: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Citation: "Report No. 56/02, Case 12.158, Inter-Am. C.H.R., Doc. 5 rev.1 at 601, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.117 Doc. 1 rev. 1, 7 March 2003"
Health Topics:
Mental health,
Poverty,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to life
Facts: Jacob was convicted of murder by the State and a mandatory death sentence by hanging was imposed on him in accordance with the domestic law of Grenada. Jacob and the deceased had been in a relationship and had lived together previously, ending their cohabitation a few months before the deceased’s death. A psychiatrist testified on …Read more
Tags: Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Degrading treatment,
Execution,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Indigent,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Insanity,
Jail,
Low income,
Poor,
Prison conditions,
Psychiatry,
Torture
Country:
Grenada Year: 2002
Court: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Citation: Paul Lallion, Report No. 55/02, Case 11.756, IACHR, Doc. 5 rev. 1 at 551, 21 October 2002
Health Topics:
Diet and nutrition,
Health care and health services,
Poverty,
Prisons Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination,
Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,
Right to due process/fair trial,
Right to liberty and security of person,
Right to life
Facts: Paul Lallion appealed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights alleging that his death penalty sentencing and appeal process, as well as the prison conditions he was subjected to during this process, violated Articles 4 (right to life), 5 (right to humane treatment), 7 (right to personal liberty), 8 (right to a fair trial), and …Read more
Tags: Abuse,
Access to health care,
Cruel and unusual punishment,
Cruel treatment,
Custody,
Detainee,
Detention,
Diet,
Execution,
Imprisonment,
Incarceration,
Indigent,
Inhuman treatment,
Inmate,
Jail,
Law enforcement,
Police,
Poor,
Prison conditions,
Solitary confinement
