issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 240 (2024)
17.10.2024
Judgments and decisions of 17 October 2024
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 8 judgments1 and 14 decisions2:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
separate press releases have been issued for three other Chamber judgments in the cases of
Cesarano v. Italy (application no. 71250/16), Amerisoc Center S.R.L. v. Luxembourg (no. 50527/20),
and Central Unitaria de Traballadores/as v. Spain (no. 49363/20);
a separate press release has been issued for the decision in the case of A.L. and E.J. v. France
(applications nos 44715/20 and 47930/21).
four Committee judgment, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and
The judgment below only exists in English.
S.M. v. Italy (application no. 16310/20)
The applicant, S.M., is an Italian national who was born in born in 1977 and lives in Varese (Italy).
Mr S.M. suffers from HIV and a number of related diseases, including Kaposi sarcoma, HIV-related
encephalopathy and chronic HCV-related hepatopathy. The case concerns his imprisonment during
the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Relying on Articles 2 (right to life) and 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the
European Convention on Human Rights, Mr S.M. complains that the Italian authorities did not take
adequate steps to protect him from contracting Covid-19 while in detention, and that his continued
detention in that situation was a breach of the Convention.
No-violation of Article 3 in respect of the compatibility of the applicant’s state of health with
detention
No violation of Article 3 in respect of the protection of the applicant from the risk of contracting
COVID-19
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1
Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a Chamber
judgment’s delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If such a request is made, a
panel of five judges considers whether the case deserves further examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and
deliver a final judgment. If the referral request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the
Convention, judgments delivered by a Committee are final.
Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of its execution.
Further information about the execution process can be found here: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution
2
Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.
