{"id":2065,"date":"2024-11-15T09:39:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T07:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/2024\/11\/case-of-tsyusmak-v-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T09:39:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T07:39:40","slug":"case-of-tsyusmak-v-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/2024\/11\/case-of-tsyusmak-v-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"CASE OF TSYUSMAK v. UKRAINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered a judgment in the case of Tsyusmak v. Ukraine concerning inadequate medical care in detention and excessive length of pre-trial detention. The Court found violations of Article 3 and Article 5 of the Convention and awarded the applicant compensation for damages and legal costs.The decision addresses two main issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The inadequate medical treatment of the applicant who suffered from hepatitis and orthopedic problems (old non-union fracture of the right leg and broken implanted screw) during his detention from January to November 2022<\/li>\n<li>The excessive length of pre-trial detention from February 2021 to September 2022, where domestic courts provided repetitive and insufficient reasons for extending detention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Court&#8217;s key findings include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The medical care provided to the applicant was not comprehensive and adequate, with identified shortcomings in drug therapy and necessary surgical procedures<\/li>\n<li>While prison medical facilities don&#8217;t need to match the best civilian hospitals, they must provide appropriate and comparable quality of treatment to that available to the general population<\/li>\n<li>Medical diagnosis and care must be prompt and accurate, with regular supervision and a comprehensive therapeutic strategy<\/li>\n<li>The Court awarded 9,750 euros in damages and 250 euros for costs and expenses to the applicant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered a judgment in the case of Tsyusmak v. Ukraine concerning inadequate medical care in detention and excessive length of pre-trial detention. The Court found violations of Article 3 and Article 5 of the Convention and awarded the applicant compensation for damages and legal costs.The decision addresses two&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[129,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-echr-decisions","category-eu-legislation-important","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":{"patreon-level":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}