Information Note on the Court’s case-law No. 105
February 2008
Budina v. Russia (communicated case) - 45603/05
Decision 12.2.2008 [Section I]
Article 3
Degrading treatment
Inhuman treatment
Amount of old-age pension insufficient to maintain adequate standard of living: communicated
The applicant is a disabled 60-year-old woman. Since April 2003 she has been receiving an old-age pension amounting to approximately EUR 27 per month. After paying her bills, she says that she is left with 50 cents per day, which allow her to buy a loaf of bread. She requested an increase in her pension, submitting a detailed calculation of the amounts necessary to cover her indispensable needs, but her request was dismissed.
Communicated under Article 3 of the Convention; remainder declared inadmissible by a partial decision.
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