Communicated on 13 December 2019
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 48444/18
R.B.
against Hungary
lodged on 2 October 2018
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
Under Article 3 the applicant, who suffers from a psychiatric condition, complains about the brutal conduct of the police and/or the ambulance staff, attempting to manage her situation in an incident occurring on 20 July 2017. Due to the allegedly unjustified use of force, her arm broke. The applicant’s mother laid charges of ill-treatment against the police, but the Investigation Office discontinued the proceedings concluding that the measures were lawful and proportionate in the situation in question. Following the applicant’s complaint, the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the decision on 4 June 2018, which fact in the applicant’s view reflects the inadequacy of the investigation.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Has the applicant been subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention?
2. Having regard to the procedural protection from inhuman or degrading treatment (see, among many authorities, Réti and Fizli v. Hungary, no. 31373/11, § 35, 25 September 2012), was the investigation in the present case by the domestic authorities in breach of Article 3 of the Convention?
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