K.A. v. Austria
What was at stake
Whether the applicant's detention as a person of unsound mind and the availability of judicial review of that detention satisfied the right to liberty and security.
What the court decided
The Court declared the remainder of the application inadmissible as manifestly ill-founded and held that there was no violation of the right to liberty and security, either with respect to the substantive ground for detention of persons of unsound mind or with respect to the procedural guarantee of review of the lawfulness of detention.
How the court got there
The Court found no violation of Article 5 because the applicant's allegations were not substantiated by the evidence presented. The remainder of the application was deemed inadmissible as manifestly ill-founded.
Statutes and cases cited
- § ECHR Article 5
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