On 3 September 2026 a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights delivered judgment in CASE OF ASCIUTTO AND OTHERS v. ITALY (applications no. 23169/16, 23834/18, 37683/19, 17937/20).
On 3 September 2026 a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights delivered judgment in a case it titles “CASE OF ASCIUTTO AND OTHERS v. ITALY”, brought against Italy under applications no. 23169/16, 23834/18, 37683/19, 17937/20.
The Court recorded a violation of Article 7 of the Convention. Article 3 appears in both findings: the Court recorded a violation in one respect and no violation in another. Neither half of that is reported here without the other, and which limb is which is stated in the Court's conclusion below.
The Court states its conclusion as: “Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 34) Individual applications;(Art. 34) Victim;Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading punishment;Inhuman punishment) (Substantive aspect);No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading punishment;Inhuman punishment) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading punishment;Inhuman punishment) (Substantive aspect);No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading punishment;Inhuman punishment) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 7 - No punishment without law (Article 7-1 - Heavier penalty;Retroactivity);Violation of Article 7 - No punishment without law (Article 7-1 - Heavier penalty;Nulla poena sine lege;Nullum crimen sine lege);Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed (Article 41 - Pecuniary…”
The wording in quotation marks above is the Court's own conclusion, reproduced so that the finding can be checked against the record. It is not this service's summary of the judgment.
This record establishes that the Court delivered this judgment on 3 September 2026 and what it recorded as its findings. It does not establish anything about the underlying events beyond what the Court found, it does not report what either party said, and it does not state what follows for Italy or for anyone else. A Chamber judgment may be referred to the Grand Chamber and is not necessarily the end of the case.
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- Event occurred
- 3 September 2026, 00:00 UTC (as recorded by the source)
- Published here
- 12 September 2026, 02:10 UTC
Evidence
- Record identifier
ECLI:CE:ECHR:2026:0903JUD002316916- Retrieved
- 12 September 2026, 14:23 UTC
- Snapshot checksum
ecc154766543f47a1d08671fcd77da40798d158d6b85685788c04b880980520a
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