The case of Mozer v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia (application no. 11138/10) concerned the detention of a man suspected of fraud, as ordered by the courts of the self-proclaimed “Moldavian Republic of Transdniestria” (the “MRT”). In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case, the European Court of Human Rights held, by a majority that there had been no violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights by the Republic of Moldova, and that there had been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention by Russia, that there had been no violation of Article 5 § 1 (right to liberty and security) by the Republic of Moldova, and that there had been a violation of Article 5 § 1 by Russia, that there had been no violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) by the Republic of Moldova, and that there had been a violation of Article 8 by Russia, that there had been no violation of Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion) by the Republic of Moldova, and that there had been a violation of Article 9 by Russia, that there had been no violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) in conjunction with Articles 3, 8 and 9 by the Republic of Moldova, and that there had been a violation of Article 13 in conjunction with Articles 3, 8 and 9 by Russia. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »