Request for an advisory opinion under Art 29 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine

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	Request for an advisory opinion under Art 29 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine

Issue:	Whether the ECtHR had competence to give an advisory opinion as to (i) what “protective conditions” were required to secure respect for integrity without discrimination when a person was detained for involuntary psychiatric treatment to protect their health and (ii) whether the same protective conditions were required in relation to involuntary treatment to protect others.

Court:	ECtHR Grand Chamber

Reference:	Request No A47-2021-001

Neutral Citation:

Judge(s):	R Spano (President), JF Kjølbro, K Turkovic, P Lemmens, S O’Leary, Y Grozev, C Ranzoni, A Harutyunyan, G Kucsko-Stadlmayer, A Polácková, M Bošnjak, T Eicke, J Ilievski, L Chanturia, M Elósegui, R Sabato, L Schembri Orland

Date:	44454