ARTICLE 3 - NO ONE SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO TORTURE OR TO
INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
TP AND KM V UK, 1995.
A failure to place four badly abused children on the Child Protection Register was held to be a breach of Article 3.
D V UK, 1997.
Immigration authorities had ordered the deportation of a convicted drugs courier who was suffering from Aids. It was successfully argued that he would be exposed to inhuman and degrading treatment in his own country if he was forced to return.
A V UK, 1997.
The UK was held to be in breach of Article 3 in circumstances when English Law failed to adequately protect a 9 year old who was beaten by his stepfather with a stick.
Z AND OTHERS V UK, 2001.
The ECHR unanimously held that the failure by the UK authorities to provide children with appropriate protection against serious, long-term neglect and abuse amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment in breach of Article 3.
PRICE V UK, 2001.
The ECHR unanimously held that the detention of a severely disabled person in conditions totally unsuitable to her needs constituted degrading treatment contrary to Article 3.
