Communicated on 25 March 2019
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 25566/18
Konstantin Konstantinovich DYACHENKO
against Russia
lodged on 15 May 2018
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the applicant’s placement in a psychiatric facility for involuntary treatment (Article 5 § 1 of the Convention). The placement was ordered by the Baryshskiy Town Court of Ulyanovsk Region on 24 January 2018 with reference to the expert examination report dated 8 August 2017.
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
Was the applicant deprived of his liberty in breach of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, was the applicant’s placement in a psychiatric facility lawful given that the Baryshskiy Town Court of Ulyanovsk Region on 24 January 2018 took that decision with reference to the expert examination report issued on 8 August 2017, i.e. five months prior to the order? (see Trutko v. Russia, no. 40979/04, §§ 51-57, 6 December 2016)
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