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Decisions on Admissibilty

Decisions on Admissibilty 4 HRCD [2003] YOUNGER v. the UNITED KINGDOM Right to life – inadmissible Article 2 On 7 January 2003 a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights declared inadmissible the application in the case of Younger v. the United Kingdom . Summary of the facts The applicant’s son, S., committed suicide in custody in February 1999 at the age of 20. He was arrested for driving offences and taken to a police station. There he met with a solicitor, whom he informed of his heroin addiction. The solicitor advised him that if he saw the police surgeon in order to obtain medication, his addiction would not be kept confidential and would diminish his chances of be- ing released on bail. Although S. was apprehensive about spending the night in custody, the solicitor described him as rational and articulate at that point. The following morning , S. asked to see a doctor. He did not give details, stating instead that it was on a personal matter. He informed the police officer on duty that he preferred to see a doctor before going to prison, where a medical consultation would be more difficult. The police officer and the police http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Rights Case Digest Brill

Decisions on Admissibilty

Human Rights Case Digest , Volume 14 (1-12): 577 – Jan 1, 2003

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2003 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0965-934X
eISSN
1571-8131
DOI
10.1163/157181303776177169
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Abstract

4 HRCD [2003] YOUNGER v. the UNITED KINGDOM Right to life – inadmissible Article 2 On 7 January 2003 a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights declared inadmissible the application in the case of Younger v. the United Kingdom . Summary of the facts The applicant’s son, S., committed suicide in custody in February 1999 at the age of 20. He was arrested for driving offences and taken to a police station. There he met with a solicitor, whom he informed of his heroin addiction. The solicitor advised him that if he saw the police surgeon in order to obtain medication, his addiction would not be kept confidential and would diminish his chances of be- ing released on bail. Although S. was apprehensive about spending the night in custody, the solicitor described him as rational and articulate at that point. The following morning , S. asked to see a doctor. He did not give details, stating instead that it was on a personal matter. He informed the police officer on duty that he preferred to see a doctor before going to prison, where a medical consultation would be more difficult. The police officer and the police

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Published: Jan 1, 2003

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