The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that in the case of Ribár v. SR, there was no violation of the right to personal freedom of the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and fundamental freedoms. The case concerned the conditions of the applicant’s detention in facilities in Banská Bystrica and limited contact with his family. Barbora Škulová, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Justice, informed TASR about this.
“The ECHR rejected several of the complainant’s complaints, including the conditions in the cell (light, hot water, temperature, food quality), as well as restrictions on telephone contacts and visits, because has not exhausted available national remedies,” added Škulová.
According to the spokeswoman, the court only dealt with objections regarding the size of the cell, the time allowed to stay outside and the possibilities of leisure activities. He stated that the size of the cell met minimum international standards and that most of the time the applicant was alone in the cell at his own request. “Furthermore, during interviews with representatives of the relevant authorities, he had no complaints,” pointed out Škulová.
They did not constitute conditions of detention according to the ECHR ill-treatment under the right to personal liberty. He also found no evidence of discrimination according to the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and called this complaint unfounded, claims Škulová.
She reminded that the complainant first unsuccessfully filed a constitutional complaint with the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, which rejected it as inadmissible, since he should have first used the possibilities offered by the supervisory activity of the prosecutor, the General Directorate of the Corps of Prison and Judicial Guards and the Ministry of Justice.
