Pankiewicz v Poland [2008] ECHR 34151/4 (12 February 2008)

In this case, the European Court of Human Rights considered the legality of:
1. detaining a mentally ill prisoner pending transfer to a psychiatric hospital; and
2. the length of pre-trial detention
– under arts 5(1) and 5(3)of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Detailed case note.