Portugal will pay 40 thousand euros to three citizens for poor conditions of detention

The Portuguese state has agreed to pay a total of 40,000 euros to three citizens who filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about the inadequate conditions of detention they were subjected to, the ECtHR said this Thursday.

According to the agreement proposed by the government, which found conditions of detention before the ECtHR inadequate, Carlos Gabriel Guedes Rosa will receive 14,000 euros, while Joao López da Silva Soares and Fernando Tavares Semedo will receive 13,000 euros.

Upon learning of the complaints, the Government of Portugal informed the European Court of Justice that it was unilaterally proposing to resolve the issues raised by the participants, and also requested that the complaints be withdrawn in accordance with Article 37 of the Convention on Human Rights, which provides for situations in which cases can be archived.

The Government of Portugal offered, in exchange for archiving, to pay the three applicants sums of money within three months, corresponding to previous similar decisions, and invited the ECtHR to remove the applications from the list of cases pending before this European Court. court. That is, payment will represent the final decision of cases.

The three applicants, represented by lawyer Vitor Carreto, disagreed with the terms of the Portuguese government’s proposal, demanding more compensation, with the ECtHR holding that there is “clear and extensive jurisprudence on complaints related to inadequate conditions of detention”, namely the Petrescu case v. Portugal, for that reason it was understood that there was no need to examine the applications separately.

Therefore, he unanimously decided to join the proposal of the Portuguese executive, ensuring only the fulfillment of payments and other obligations assumed by the Portuguese state.

The decision was taken by the commission of the fourth section of the ECtHR chaired by the Armenian Armen Harutyunyan.