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A v Slovakia

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
14.04
A v Slovakia
   
Issue: Whether the failure to take steps to counter domestic violence, including enforcing orders made for psychiatric treatment for the assailant’s various disorders that were implicated in the violence, breached the victim’s rights under Art 8 ECHR; whether there was a breach of Art 14 arising from the approach to domestic violence.
   
Court: ECtHR
   
Reference:   Appn 55164/08
   
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Judge(s): C Rozakis (President), N Vajic, K Hajiyev, D Spielmann, SE Jebens, G Malinverni, G Nicolaou.
   
Date: 14 October 2010