Judgment 33236/18

Applicant name PUKHTVENT AND OTHERS
Applicant type Natural person (prisoner)
Number of applicants 35
Country Russia
Application no.33236/18, 0654/18, 7601/19, 12326/19
37069/19, 46860/19, 47767/19, 53533/19
58035/19, 60606/19, 3766/20, 4796/20
26743/20, 48062/20, 3204/21, 4764/21
7566/21, 7567/21, 10846/21, 11705/21
12408/21, 12701/21, 18137/21, 18138/21
18869/21, 19440/21, 19943/21, 21424/21
24280/21, 26437/21, 26517/21, 27411/21
30219/21, 30768/21, 31702/21
Date 14/12/2023
Judges Peeter Roosma, President,
 Ioannis Ktistakis,
 Andreas Zünd
Institution Court
Type Judgment
Outcome Art. 8 Violation
Reason Unlawfull
Type of privacy Informational privacy
Keywords Surveillance
Facts of the case Art. 8 (1) – permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities – video surveillance from 22/12/2020 to 25/12/2020 during detention in disciplinary cell
Art. 8 (1) – permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities – detention in different cells with video surveillance, surveillance by opposite-sex operators in IK-5 Krasnoyarsk Region since 08/06/2016 and until 14/12/2021;
Art. 8 (1) – secret surveillance – in IK-25 Komi Republic since 21/01/2017: opposite-sex operators, detention in different cells with video surveillance, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room.
Art. 8 (1) – permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities – in IK-5 Krasnoyarsk Region
since 16/09/2019 and pending as of 16/09/2022
Art. 8 (1) – permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities – in IK-1 Komi Republic since 26/04/2016 by opposite-sex operators
Art. 8 (1) – permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities – IK-25 Komi Republic, 12/04/2018 – pending as of 16/09/2022; opposite-sex operators, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room
Analysis Mini judgment
Other Article violation? Yes, many
Damage awarded 62250 to the applicants invokin 8 ECHR
Documents Judgment