Communicated on 4 October 2016
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 29309/16
Fatos PRIZRENI
against Albania
lodged on 16 May 2016
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the alleged lack of an effective investigation into the death of the applicant’s brother while he was serving a prison sentence. It also concerns the alleged inhuman and degrading treatment as a result of the lack of medical treatment and the applicant’s brother being handcuffed while in hospital.
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
1. Has the applicant exhausted all effective domestic remedies, as required by Article 35 § 1 of the Convention?
2. Has the applicant complied with the six-month time-limit laid down in Article 35 § 1 of the Convention?
3. Has there been a breach of Articles 2 and 13 of the Convention? In particular, did the authorities conduct an effective investigation into the death of the applicant’s brother, as required by Article 2 of the Convention?
4. Has there been a breach of Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention? In particular, did the authorities conduct a prompt and an effective investigation into the alleged inhuman and degrading treatment as a result of the lack of medical treatment and the applicant’s brother being handcuffed while in detention, as required by Article 3 of the Convention? (see Mouisel v. France, no. 67263/01, ECHR 2002‑IX, and Herczegfalvy v. Austria, 24 September 1992, Series A no. 244).
5. The Government are invited to provide information about the criminal proceedings and submit a copy of the entire investigation file. They are also invited to submit a copy of the entire medical file.
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