Communicated on 17 January 2013 and 7 October 2014
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 78951/11
Vasile Silviu BOGDAN
against Romania
lodged on 5 December 2011
The facts and complaints in this case have been summarised in the Court’s Statement of facts and Questions to the parties, which is available in HUDOC.
QUESTION
“Has the applicant suffered discrimination in the enjoyment of his Convention rights on the ground of his status as a remand prisoner, pending trial, contrary to Article 14 of the Convention read in conjunction with Article 8 (see Varnas v. Lithuania, no. 42615/06, 9 July 2013)?”
Reference is made to the fact that under the national legislation convicted persons serving sentences in all types of prisons, have the right to conjugal visits, whilst those in pre-trial detention do not have such a right.
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